As someone who was intimately involved with Club Football from 2010ish until 2013, the clubs do need to look to the school for funding, the intramural and club department(s) in particular. The problem at times was being penalized for not having money or enough participation, and consequently, not being allowed to receive money because of that, i. e. having games canceled, even if it was the other team. Shoot, refs are $500 a game. It was surprising at a large football hungry school, how hard it was to have even 60-80 kids show up. We’d usually have a decent turnout for games, but getting kids to pay the dues was tough. And I’m not generalizing, but I am, like the Varsity, football players don’t always come from money. Lax on the other hand was a different story. Pretty pricey dues that I’m sure were met. Different demographic, no Varsity option, and they apparently got a pretty substantial amount from the school those first few years as well, around the time I was with Club. Apparently, the football team did start up again last year by the original founder, but I’m not involved at all, so no idea on the $$.