Just do it....
Mid-season Eagles DPL contract
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Eagles and Kelly keep MSA FC and other smaller clubs from accessing Pleasant Valley fields for years, they have virtual monopoly:
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Bryan Monka, coach of a girls’ soccer team at Adolfo Camarillo High School and the director of the 16-team Monka club, said his soccer club feels too much preference is given to the Camarillo Eagles Soccer Club, a longtime youth organization that has become known for its success in the club soccer circuit.
“I want the kids of Camarillo to be able to use the fields that are funded by the taxpayers of Camarillo,” Monka said, referring to the fact that the Eagles club attracts players from throughout the county.
Camarillo is home to one of the largest soccer complexes in Ventura County—the 23-acre Pleasant Valley Fields, as well as seven parks of varying sizes—but the wrangling for soccer field space between Monka’s club, the Eagles, AYSO and other youth teams has been an issue in the city for years.
Otten said over 4,000 kids participate in soccer in the city each year.
Though the Eagles have been around since the 1970s, the proliferation of the multibillion-dollar club sports industry, which has various youth teams competing all year long, has put additional wear and tear on parks that once had a chance to rest because seasons only lasted a few months. Now those teams typically don’t take breaks. Not only does it wear the grass out but it also means pay-to-play club teams are competing for space.
To help offset those costs, AYSO and the Eagles each pay $30,000 a year to use PVSD fields. The organizations also pay to use the lights for night games.
Monka said his club pays the park district about $11,000 a year for practice fields based on an hourly rate. In addition, Monka said, he spends about $38,000 a year to rent field space at other venues in town and at Cal State Channel Islands.
In the past, Monka has asked the park board to grant his club the same access to the soccer fields as the Eagles. Those requests have been denied. Bob Kelley, a park district board member, is an advisor for the Eagles. His wife is the club’s president. Both are volunteer positions."
https://www.thecamarilloacorn.com/articles/soccerfield-debate-surfaces-at-forum/
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Bryan Monka, coach of a girls’ soccer team at Adolfo Camarillo High School and the director of the 16-team Monka club, said his soccer club feels too much preference is given to the Camarillo Eagles Soccer Club, a longtime youth organization that has become known for its success in the club soccer circuit.
“I want the kids of Camarillo to be able to use the fields that are funded by the taxpayers of Camarillo,” Monka said, referring to the fact that the Eagles club attracts players from throughout the county.
Camarillo is home to one of the largest soccer complexes in Ventura County—the 23-acre Pleasant Valley Fields, as well as seven parks of varying sizes—but the wrangling for soccer field space between Monka’s club, the Eagles, AYSO and other youth teams has been an issue in the city for years.
Otten said over 4,000 kids participate in soccer in the city each year.
Though the Eagles have been around since the 1970s, the proliferation of the multibillion-dollar club sports industry, which has various youth teams competing all year long, has put additional wear and tear on parks that once had a chance to rest because seasons only lasted a few months. Now those teams typically don’t take breaks. Not only does it wear the grass out but it also means pay-to-play club teams are competing for space.
To help offset those costs, AYSO and the Eagles each pay $30,000 a year to use PVSD fields. The organizations also pay to use the lights for night games.
Monka said his club pays the park district about $11,000 a year for practice fields based on an hourly rate. In addition, Monka said, he spends about $38,000 a year to rent field space at other venues in town and at Cal State Channel Islands.
In the past, Monka has asked the park board to grant his club the same access to the soccer fields as the Eagles. Those requests have been denied. Bob Kelley, a park district board member, is an advisor for the Eagles. His wife is the club’s president. Both are volunteer positions."
https://www.thecamarilloacorn.com/articles/soccerfield-debate-surfaces-at-forum/
Overlap
SILVER ELITE
or unless everyone else refuses to sign and then they'll think of something else to keep everyone locked in.....
ElGringo49
BRONZE
Any word on any "in-club" suspensions for today's games????
1dad2boys
SILVER
False.
I'm most curious if that player was one of the players who followed the coach to Eagles from another smaller club and even though there isn't much of league left, do they get some of their fees returned?
El Clasico
GOLD
They hold all the cards in just about all situations. Without access to the parent's wallet, they go out of business and a lot of "non-profit volunteers" are out of some well paid jobs. Bottom line, parents should always band together on every team to decide the direction of the team, and it should be done early so parents know if the team is a fit for their children.
One of the reasons that sooo many coaches create conflict and division on their own teams is to combat parent unity. Think about that the next time one of those weasels comes up to you and talks sh*t about another parent or about a player that might not be as good as yours.
Having said that, I would bet a handsome sum that 99% of those eagles players signed that contract. Management knew they would before they put it out there. You may even have a few that did that then will come onto this forum or others and talk about how they have been wronged - Not quite accurate as the people signing it have chosen to do so rather than to exercise the power of their pocketbooks.
Ironically, I know of one club in DPL that "prohibits" communication between the parents, including not allowing group emails between the parents. Violators are subject to expulsion from the team/club. All e-mail communication by coach or club is direct to the individual parents and not as a team. It is also is the same club that refers to one of its DPL teams as DA II.
Circle gets the square
Smart advice. Tell a team of Juniors to not sign and walk. Miss the rest of the season and fall showcases. Makes a lot of sense. Fight the injustice but miss the prime recruiting time of this fall and probably the spring too. Even if you win against the Eagles you lose.
What club?
El Clasico
GOLD
So Doe boy signs up on the forum for the sole purpose of supporting the Eagles and defending their position with this contract. This is the exact type of behavior that I referenced in my previous post. He scares and intimidates the naïve parents into believing that if they don't sign, their daughters won't go to college. This guy should be publicly drawn and quartered.
Anybody else suspect this douche either is an Eagles board member or an Eagles coach?
Frank
GOLD
I don't know the area well but aren't there other options for these players or is this the only game within a reasonable distance.
That may be true of the 2001 team, but the younger age groups have plenty of time. Assuming that DPL players are getting looked at by a lot of college coaches, which is debatable. Problem is, the club is shooting themselves in the foot. What parent is going to sign a contract next year, knowing that the club, at any time, can come up with a "surprise new contract!" that everyone has to sign or they're off the team?
This seems like the beginning of the end for Eagles, or maybe an acceleration of the end, seeing how their DA teams are doing. The DPL teams will dry up, and without the DPL teams, the club won't have the cash to compete in DA.
Lol, neither. Maybe I just don't like seeing you trolls always piling on. It's people like you that makes this forum suck with your personal attacks.
I have neither scared or intimidated any parent. All I did was state a very serious concern about missing significant playing time during a critical time period. That is a serious issue to consider. But you don't care about the issues involved since you simply are trying to make yourself feel better by putting others down. Your not interested in a serious discussion of the issues involved. It's people like you that make the world a worse place to live.
Its unbelievable that you have publicly state I deserve to be "drawn and quartered" which means be killed for starting an opinion that is different than yours. I hope you get banned for that. Violence has no place in this forum.
