By no means does you voicing your concerns upset me at all. I want you to voice your opinion.
I 'personally' always thought the league was actually cheap. If it was a team of 10, and it was $400, that's $40 per person for a 10 game season + $20 for a ref fee. Each person paying $60 to play 10 games really doesn't seem crazy to me, but I understand where you're coming from.
Teams can still have their own jersey's, but now worst case scenario teams have 1, and some teams have 2.
How much we pay for the fields really isn't something we can discuss unfortunately. But it's not free if that helps