Any way to bypass $20 parking at Galway?
- Thread starter Socal-Soccer-Dad
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Fields suck too.
Buy a horse and ride onto the property.
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Referees need to show their CalSouth referee ID card...
Soccer Dad & Ref
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Coaches do not get free parking from what I have heard. Referees are usually told by their assigners to bring their ID card, OR a ref shirt
Just hide the kids haha
Soccer Dad & Ref
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Kids are referees too. The people taking money at the front do not ask questions if you show them a Ref ID or shirt. They don't really care enough. They don't look in the passenger seats to see who is who.
I still don't understand why the fields don't just charge extra for the tournament, and then don't hire parking fee attendants. Would save them money, and us a lot of aggravation when we fork out more money for the tournament.
If you go with a family full of people in a car, it will be a hard sell that you are refereeing a game. Just pay or join Empire Surf and get a parking pass.
RandomSoccerFan
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A site by us does this, or certainly offers it. Some tournaments at that site, not the best ones, collect a daily parking fee, as well as charging people for entrance, as well as charging for tournament registration. One of the tournaments there with a better reputation (and more attended, and more expensive one) at that site offers free parking (so the clubs are likely paying the site for that a different way). I imagine most would prefer that there weren't any fees at all, and it was all baked in to the tournament registration fee, but I also imagine that some tournament directors have come to the conclusion that doing it that way means less teams may register, and overall revenues would be down from what they can be doing it this way instead.
Soccer Dad & Ref
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I've heard a guy that does referee other weekends, but has his family going to a tournament this weekend, has had no problems showing the card. You'd be surprised first, how many carpools of refs drive to these fields, and how little the parking attendants care. At least, that is what my friend told me
I don't think anyone is going to pull over a car full of zebras.
Also, thank you for what you do. ;-)
Soccer Dad & Ref
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Club refs are decently paid, so no need to be thanking us. Unless we did a great job. With that pay, club refs should be giving it their all, and staying up on the Laws. I see give it their all, because there are some weekends where we do too many games due to shortage of refs, so, yeah, no staying on top of the ball on every game. But still no reason not to still stay within 20 yards of the ball. Anything more is pure laziness...
Some of us still do ref AYSO as well. I wish more club refs would come over and do a few games there now and then as a public service. They are severely short-staffed with their volunteers.
twoclubpapa
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I moved to Georgia last year and to get your US Soccer referee card here it costs between $90 and $135 in yearly registration fee (early vs late payment) and $30+ every two years for your Live Scan check plus the time investment to do the online coursework. If people are willing to do that to avoid Galway parking fees I suggest they also work a few games and completely recoup the investment.
P.S. - I gave up my AYSO REF plate to a friend after the move. Only one AYSO region in Georgia and it's too far away. After 44 years of ref'ing AYSO games I've moved over to club.
Random, but can you give personalized plates away in CA? I didn't know that.