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To add to the Canadian perspective, we don't pay as much as you would being on a senior all-star team. The open teams up here that would compare to the US would be IO6 and IOC6. Generally but not always IO5 and IOC5, are the most competitive teams in the gym and are a mix of senior aged athletes and athletes that have stuck around the area or commute back because they are on that higher level team. IO6 and IOC6 are usually filled with college and university athletes that want to continue cheering, and also those who are older and still able to compete at that level. As chyeeaaa69 said boys generally don't pay tuition since they are hard to come by and harder to keep, but for most athletes you are looking at reduced rates, less tuition, practices, comp fees and most teams try to keep travel and uniform costs to a minimum as well. Most of the college aged people I still know that cheer save up for majority of the year for their fees and the trip to Worlds. Though with reduced tuition rates I can definitely understand that for a club to draw in open age athletes having no tuition is a good way to do it. I definitely would put in even more thought into going back to cheer if it was just comp, travel and uniform fees.