Mid-season Eagles DPL contract
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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.
Here's the thing though. If that 2001 team had all banded together and agreed as a TEAM not to sign, then the club would have had no choice. They weren't going to cut an entire team (especially if any of those players had a good lawyer who could get a good portion of their fees back).
BUT even if it is just one player, Eagles is not the only team around. Assuming the player is any good they should be able to find another team to join. They can even guest in most of the big showcases and still be seen and potentially recruited. If the player isn't good enough to find another team or guest play it's unlikely they're good enough to be recruited anyway. DPL is not the only way to get recruited (and I'd take a guess that the majority of DPL players--especially teams that are at the bottom of the DPL--are not likely going to be recruited).
smellycleats
SILVER ELITE
Real SoCal (only DA club close by) Barcelona, La Galaxy Conejo, Eclipse
TangoCity
GOLD
Real SoCal but I am sure all of their DA teams are pretty full. Simi Eclipse is next best option but no DA just high level CSL teams. Many players jump between RSC and Eagles, probably more flow from Eagles to RSC. This sounds like a bad situation for Eagles players. Poor girls just want to play high level soccer -- and the adults ruin it for them.
It’s a blog calm down. No one is
Literally going to drawn and quarter you, that takes tons of effort, planning, ropes, some sharp type instruments, and even I think maybe a horse or donkey .....and that seems like way too much effort for most of the characters on this blog anyway. So sleep easy my friend, there will be no 1700’s killing methods done too you. Now onto the other stuff. When an issue gets posted about a topic similar to this one and someone creates a brand new account and comments about said topic in a alternative slant than most, many posters spidey sense starts tingling. Too say you don’t like “ us trolls piling on” is kinda weird. Because that’s literally what this forum is. We pile on! We discuss and talk and say when a club like Eagles goes off the rails and does something stupid like this.... we pile on. That’s the point, otherwise we all just scream into our pillows at night with night Terrors from what our kids soccer club made us sign. So my advice is sound slightly less like a club mouthpiece while posting, relax no one will hurt you through your cellphone and if your new don’t go all
Scorched earth right out of the gate. This is a safe place. Make friends.