Bailing out before season ends....

lol@joebieber & keepermom

It is what it is
 
More kids playing any sport or doing any worthwhile activity like music is better than them sitting on the couch, playing video games, or staring at a computer all day.
 
INFAMEE said:
lol@joebieber & keepermom

It is what it is
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What I disagree with is that "Club parents don't give a crap about soccer. It's just another opportunity to get college scholarships without any skill involved." I for one chose club soccer because my daughter wasn't being challenged in rec. I coached the last year she played rec. (because I was the only parent that showed up to discuss what we were going to do about a coach) and I would simply put my daughter in Goal for 3/4's of the game and then put her forward to score. She outgrew rec. She will have many opportunities for scholarships/financial aid just because I am single and I adopted her from an orphanage in another Country. I in fact laugh when I hear the sales pitch of college scholarship at the age of 11 because I don't even know if she will still like soccer next year. I love soccer and love watching my daughter play soccer and grow in the Keeper position. I love what she is learning in that position that will help her in life. I am not the only one so a sweeping statement like you made is not completely accurate.
 
INFAMEE said:
You're an imbecile.smh

Players would pay the same amount if there wasn't a- z team. Its a business and clubs charge the same amount regardless of level or teams.

Surf Cup and all that other crap you mentioned is meaningless and useless. College would simply pick players from high school, the same quality you get at club soccer.

Club parents don't give a crap about soccer. It's just another opportunity to get college scholarships without any skill involved.
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Infamee you lack a basic understanding of economics if you don’t understand that B, C, and D team fees subsidize your A team player.
Your argument is weak and obviously meant to provoke a reaction from the forum. Without a solid argument, you resort to name calling.
 
smellycleats said:
Infamee you lack a basic understanding of economics if you don’t understand that B, C, and D team fees subsidize your A team player.
Your argument is weak and obviously meant to provoke a reaction from the forum. Without a solid argument, you resort to name calling.
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Does your A team player have no fees? Mine does.
I am sure different clubs have different fee structures. I know my daughter's travel softball team top team paid 0, 0 for everything, but that was 1 team in the whole organization.
 
Sheriff Joe said:
Does your A team player have no fees? Mine does.
I am sure different clubs have different fee structures. I know my daughter's travel softball team top team paid 0, 0 for everything, but that was 1 team in the whole organization.
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Sheriff Joe said:
Does your A team player have no fees? Mine does.
I am sure different clubs have different fee structures. I know my daughter's travel softball team top team paid 0, 0 for everything, but that was 1 team in the whole organization.
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Sheriff Joe said:
Does your A team player have no fees? Mine does.
I am sure different clubs have different fee structures. I know my daughter's travel softball team top team paid 0, 0 for everything, but that was 1 team in the whole organization.
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Definition of subsidize:

1. Pay part of the cost of producing something; to reduce the cost for the buyer

2. To support an organization financially
 
smellycleats said:
Definition of subsidize:

1. Pay part of the cost of producing something; to reduce the cost for the buyer

2. To support an organization financially
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This is false.

Ask any forum member? Fees are same for A and B or C teams.

I.E. Surf for example. Coach B03 cares less what 2 other 03 teams charge regardless of level. Go on give them a call. Lol I'll wait.
 
INFAMEE said:
You're an imbecile.smh

Players would pay the same amount if there wasn't a- z team. Its a business and clubs charge the same amount regardless of level or teams.

Surf Cup and all that other crap you mentioned is meaningless and useless. College would simply pick players from high school, the same quality you get at club soccer.

Club parents don't give a crap about soccer. It's just another opportunity to get college scholarships without any skill involved.
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Another way of subsidizing the A team is thru scholarships. How many b-z teams do you know that have scholarship players? None.
 
smellycleats said:
Infamee you lack a basic understanding of economics if you don’t understand that B, C, and D team fees subsidize your A team player.
Your argument is weak and obviously meant to provoke a reaction from the forum. Without a solid argument, you resort to name calling.
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Sheriff Joe's A team player does not get subsidized because of b, c, or z team therefore your argument doesn't hold water.
 
smellycleats said:
Definition of subsidize:

1. Pay part of the cost of producing something; to reduce the cost for the buyer

2. To support an organization financially
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I am not disagreeing, I only know about our club.
From what I know, top players parents ask for scholarships because they are top players, not because of financial hardships. I don't want to pay for any kid to play soccer other than mine. If you can't afford club than go play rec.
 
any specific stories anyone's willing to share on why they jumped ship early?

was it actually your player pushing to leave the situation?
 
DD's original team was not going to play in State Cup anyway, and thanks to another knowledgeable parent who told me "she needs to be on a better team" we moved as soon as fall league was over. Looking back I could have told her original coach we were looking around before the move, but at the time I felt that protecting her from potential retaliation by the club was more important. Every other time our players have moved clubs, we waited until State Cup was over.
 
Left our original club for a club who was hiring a new, female coach. My daughter was tired of all the testosterone and yelling of her previous (male) coaches, and was intrigued, so I let her switch. Coach was not good, practices were a waste of time. Then the coach stopped showing up regularly for practices, girls were left with college student or parent. Then coach actually didn't show up for a game. Five minutes before game time parents (Dads) were jockeying for position to see who got to coach the game. My then 9-year old lost it. After that incident, she refused to go to practices. She told me it was a complete waste of time and then asked me, "how can we have a real team if we don't even have a real coach?" I thought she had a point, and I let her leave the team, even though I realized it wasn't "fair" to the other players. My daughter can't stand going to practices and wasting time, not learning anything, and she doesn't like playing for a coach (or other players) who don't take it seriously. That being said, I wouldn't have let her quit just because the coach sucked -- it wasn't until I found myself watching a game with a coach/parent yelling "boot the ball!" at my daughter that I agreed to quit.
 
It's club soccer not Vietnam. If you are shopping around for a new team mid-season you obviously did a terrible job of planning in the first place and you are failing as a parent by teaching your precious little star athlete to bail when the going gets tough. There are exceptions like in Banana's case but even so it sounds like the multiple games and practices provided ample opportunity to find a solution and instead everyone shrugged their shoulders.
 
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