Theres still going to be a market for the smaller flight 2 and 3 tournaments put on by local clubs. It’s not the End of the Line for themWhat you saw at Surf Cup is extremely likely to repeat itself for other large tournaments and I would not be surprised to see smaller tournaments evaporate.
I see what you did there.It’s not the End of the Line for them
That’s what their handle use to be until it became an acronym.I see what you did there.
If we can’t start the season by March 15th, it’s time to just call it a wrap. Just go straight to tryout season to begin the new season in July. The other problem is that this summer you will see a lot of families going on vacations.
Theres still going to be a market for the smaller flight 2 and 3 tournaments put on by local clubs. It’s not the End of the Line for them
I agree some of the niche tournaments for flight 1 and encl teams might be strained in the near term. But parents love trophies and clubs like the revenue.
Nah there is a lot of time for games in late March, April, May and June. No reason to be such a negative person.If we can’t start the season by March 15th, it’s time to just call it a wrap. Just go straight to tryout season to begin the new season in July. The other problem is that this summer you will see a lot of families going on vacations.
We won't have any league play in 2021, even with a vaccine , expect more of the same this year, but with much less people paying full price.
Lmao! Negative person would be me saying in July that we are not having a season. I’ve been an optimist but we are running out of time.Nah there is a lot of time for games in late March, April, May and June. No reason to be such a negative person.
You cannot be serious. 45 states have been playing youth sports this entire past year. And, you are writing off 2021. C'mon. People will ignore the governor if he shuts down 2021.We won't have any league play in 2021, even with a vaccine , expect more of the same this year, but with much less people paying full price.
Clearly we are in different age groups. The olders season ends in late June. So we are on different timeframes. It seems you are talking youngers.Lmao! Negative person would be me saying in July that we are not having a season. I’ve been an optimist but we are running out of time.
Club contracts are due by March/April. With no season announcement in March, how can we get parents to pay another $2k+ for the upcoming season. Remember that parents have paid for a season that has yet to happen.
In San Diego a lot of clubs are advertising open ID Camps or straight up Tryouts for January. Some had started ID Camps in December.In all likelihood, there won't be tryouts for kids who are returning, and there will either be virtual tryouts or distanced "come show up at a couple of practices" kinds of tryouts for kids who are transferring or are new.
You cannot be serious. 45 states have been playing youth sports this entire past year. And, you are writing off 2021. C'mon. People will ignore the governor if he shuts down 2021.
As a parent of a ULittle player, if the club asked tomorrow to sign up the next “season,” I would. We have been having practices all year long although modified, coaches still are showing up and training our kids. It’s tough for everyone but I am thankful for our club/coaches that continue to do their best given the circumstances.I should add-- here's where we are and here's where we are going.
Estimates are that we've already lost 10% of all teams out there. With small groups of players leaving from each team, there has been a large amount of team reorgs going on. Naturally this is causing the third teams (and even some second teams) to be ditched by the wayside as they don't have enough kids to remain viable. All of this was with existing club fees already paid and not playing any games. Obviously some refunds have been given across the board and from what I can extrapolate almost all clubs are dipping into emergency funds.
So that's where we stand right now, effectively on the edge of a cliff. Here's where we are going.
Over the next couple of months, clubs are going to ask their youngers parents to register for 2021-2022. In all likelihood, there won't be tryouts for kids who are returning, and there will either be virtual tryouts or distanced "come show up at a couple of practices" kinds of tryouts for kids who are transferring or are new. Parents, please don't transfer your kid this year, you will not wind up in a happy place. Anyways-- given all that, the estimate for incoming new pipeline kids is a drop by 75%+. This obviously isn't good as olders go off to college and we have a net drop in players of almost an entire age bracket's worth. With no AYSO from last fall to feed Ulittles into the pipeline, the U8 group registrations look dire.
So then we've got the money problem. Upper-middle-class families are not going to be able to float working-class kids onto the team and I truly do not know how many kids we will lose in the next couple of months but things do not look good at all. If clubs offer a discount on club fees, coaches are going to wind up carrying more kids on their teams and there will be even fewer teams. If clubs maintain the same level of fees, there is going to be a loss of talent, and again we're back to fewer teams as more reorgs take place.
My point of all of this is-- count yourself lucky if you are in the position to be able to throw another few grand at your club and please be patient with your clubs as we are all about to go through a buzzsaw.
Agree, the perspective and guidance of CA officials will have to change to get normal league games this spring. It could happen. There could be a realization that the low risk isn't worth canceling organized sports as many other states have determined, but that would be a change in the approach we have seen since last year.We didn't have league this year despite 45 states playing youth sports. What makes you think this time it will be different? It's not like California rose up and said no.
If we can't play until orange, and this continues to be based on cases, and we continue to have a high vaccine decline rate, even if we start next fall the season will be disrupted again as COVID/Flu season kicks off after Halloween. The only way that changes is if the California guidance radically changes (or at the minimum if they force the issue and require players, coaches and referees to be vaccinated before play....in which case the fall season for the youngest doesn't start til maybe Octuber/November to give them all a chance to get vaccinated).
Long term kids have been playing and will be playing baseball before soccer. A young kid's dad on the fence about whether to put them in baseball or soccer might be incentivized to pick baseball since they know they are more likely to play (as opposed to AYSO which will pretty much be shut down until fall or CYBA basketball). The recruitment pool will also be narrower in the following years.
IF everything continues unchanged, my guess is things begin to relax in California this summer, but a mild freakout again next fall....again IF everything remains unchanged.