You make strong points, and have convinced me that ECNL should definitely risk people dying because propping up NV and AZ is like totes worth it.
Yep...That’s exactly what I said. You nailed it.
You make strong points, and have convinced me that ECNL should definitely risk people dying because propping up NV and AZ is like totes worth it.
Risk dying?You make strong points, and have convinced me that ECNL should definitely risk people dying because propping up NV and AZ is like totes worth it.
Nothing to do with EOTL being the huge power behind the scenes. Or him being a nice guy. I’ll insult him on that at some other time.
But he is right that, when games come back, it is going to be smaller scale at the start. The overnight hotel stay in Phoenix is hard to justify. The CO to SF plane trip is extremely hard to imagine. Forget Surf Cup or Dallas for a while.
But Del Mar playing Surf at a high school is within reason. So that will happen first. And the people planning these things will have to operate within those constraints.
107.....I would guess it does not ever go past 110.....How many clubs in ECNL for 2020-2021 season, 110 or so and counting?
Question I’d like to have answered is how many teams are in ECNL 15 months from now (2021-2022). 120? 130?
I’m guessing that is only for high school aged players so they don’t lose out on an opportunity to be scouted by colleges. I’m just curious how many colleges are willing to travel. My guess is they live stream the showcase and they watch virtuallyOur club forwarded an email this week from ECNL. It that states they are still working on a showcase/ Championship in late June in North Carolina. Travel may be sooner than we think.
I have a question. If it’s not ok for him to question how other people spend their money, why is it ok for @Desert Hound and @vegasguy to tell me how I need to spend mine?
Based on current travel policies for most colleges and universities, I wouldn’t think any coaches will be traveling in June and probably not even this summer.I’m guessing that is only for high school aged players so they don’t lose out on an opportunity to be scouted by colleges. I’m just curious how many colleges are willing to travel. My guess is they live stream the showcase and they watch virtually
Vegas to Pasadena is a couple hours longer, especially round trip. that's a couple hours saved that we don't have to travel, especially if we add local teams.By the way the drive from Pasadena takes about the same time as Pasadena to Del Mar.
Why is Socal against team travel?
If you are a parent of a kid on an ECNL team, you chose to spend your money on trips to Vegas, Arizona, or wherever the league decides your kid's team should travel for league play. Nobody is questioning how you spend your money, and if you signed your kid up for ECNL, you seem to be questioning yourself for the decision you made to sign up for a league that has your kid's team traveling to locations that you don't want to pay for.I have a question. If it’s not ok for him to question how other people spend their money, why is it ok for @Desert Hound and @vegasguy to tell me how I need to spend mine?
I think Parents paid to be in a competitive league, not necessarily to play Vegas and Arizona. We're just saying we can be just as competitive without Vegas and Arizona. If enough parents complain and ask, I'm sure we can make that happen. Especially since with more socal teams being added, it seems like that will be the natural progression we are moving towards. I'm looking forward to it.If you are a parent of a kid on an ECNL team, you chose to spend your money on trips to Vegas, Arizona, or wherever the league decides your kid's team should travel for league play. Nobody is telling you how to spend your money, and if you signed your kid up for ECNL, you seem to be questioning yourself for the decision you made to sign up for a league that has your kid's team traveling to locations that you don't want to pay for.
If you are not a parent of a kid on an ECNL team, you just like @dad4, are howling at the moon over things that don't affect you or your kid.
dude, some kids are in ecnl clubs for the level of competition. they are only there because that’s where the other top 20 kids in the state play.If you are a parent of a kid on an ECNL team, you chose to spend your money on trips to Vegas, Arizona, or wherever the league decides your kid's team should travel for league play. Nobody is questioning how you spend your money, and if you signed your kid up for ECNL, you seem to be questioning yourself for the decision you made to sign up for a league that has your kid's team traveling to locations that you don't want to pay for.
If you are not a parent of a kid on an ECNL team, you just like @dad4, are howling at the moon over things that don't affect you or your kid.
Those kids and their parents picked the league that travels. They have an option to choose a league that doesn't travel, but they didn't. That's their choice. They signed up willingly, knowing the travel expectations, and aren't "forced" into doing anything they aren't willing to do.dude, some kids are in ecnl clubs for the level of competition. they are only there because that’s where the other top 20 kids in the state play.
They didn’t pick travel. Travel got forced on them if they didn’t want a brace every weekend.
If you are a parent of a kid on an ECNL team, you chose to spend your money on trips to Vegas, Arizona, or wherever the league decides your kid's team should travel for league play. Nobody is questioning how you spend your money, and if you signed your kid up for ECNL, you seem to be questioning yourself for the decision you made to sign up for a league that has your kid's team traveling to locations that you don't want to pay for.
If you are not a parent of a kid on an ECNL team, you just like @dad4, are howling at the moon over things that don't affect you or your kid.
my point was not that the travel is every weekend. it was that easy games are every weekend, if you are in too weak a league.Those kids and their parents picked the league that travels. They have an option to choose a league that doesn't travel, but they didn't. That's their choice. They signed up willingly, knowing the travel expectations, and aren't "forced" into doing anything they aren't willing to do.
The travel is not "every weekend." Since you're in NorCal, check the NorCal ECNL league schedule. NorCal ECNL teams have a grand total of ONE weekend a year where they travel out of state for league play. Again, how does this affect you, since your kid plays NorCal NPL?
What non-travel league in NorCal lets you play against MVLA, Thorns, Mustang, and San Juan? (the top of their A teams. Not the bench.)