When there are 70 teams in the league, you bet it is normal.
I know that each team pays thousands each year as a fee to the league, and each rostered player pays a usphl fee along with a usa hockey fee that is hundreds of dollars. Multiply that by each team and each player and it comes out to a ton of money.
Starting to wonder now why they don't at least include HockeyTV for free to the billet families.