Damn if you do, damn if you don't

[Zdrone]

We never have to collect or pay for anything during the year. Much better. If I were running a club, I'd mandate a total all-inclusive fee.

The only thing I would add on this is scrimmage fees outside of the normal season. They do add up and $5 a pop is resonable to me.

 

[outside!]

My radio presets are Jazz 88.3 (although I can do without Dixie Land and any of the crooners) and some rock stations. Way back when my son was still in a car seat, I changed stations and he asked what type of music this was. I told him it was rock. He asked what the previous station was. I told him it was Jazz. He said "I like rock better". He has been spending his ref money the past year on a double bass pedal and cymbals to upgrade his drum kit. This year the HS team would blast various pop/rap songs over the intercom. When he is a senior, he is determined to get some Slayer on the play list. He recently told me that if you listen to country music carefully, you can hear the drummer tap out "Please kill me before the song ends" in Morse code. Sometimes we joke around by saying "Not Quite My Tempo". If I had to pick just one band, it would be Fishbone, but my latest playlists include a lot of Japanese metal bands. I for one welcome our new maid overlords.

 

[Deadpoolscores!]

I totally hijacked this thread, sorry. Seems like $2000 is a normal range. Some clubs give you a lot for that $2k, others nickel and dime you to death above that. We were at one club where $2000 was the touted price, but the uniforms were insanely expensive (3 different kits, warm-ups, bag, etc. all mandatory almost $350.00) and the team had to collect for every tournament, coaching per diem, ref fee, spring league, etc., and there was some mandatory club fundraiser that we ended up buying out of and all that ran an additional $1500, so $35oo when it was all added up. On the other hand, current club has an annual fee of $2300, but it covers everything and we did about 4-5 big tournaments. We never have to collect or pay for anything during the year. Much better. If I were running a club, I'd mandate a total all-inclusive fee.

*caveat emptor: If your club offers a slick looking on-line ordering system for the uniforms (that incidentally always malfunctions), customization options, has more than 3 pages of "optional" branded gear, requires you to have home, away, and "alternate" kits, and hasn't had the same uniform design or logo more than 2 years in a row, run away. Run far away.

No worries, besides there is nothing wrong with people posting there thoughts as long its civil and not immature.

 

[SoccerFan4Life]

Speaking of music, I had an "Aha" moment last week driving to Lancaster for State cup. My son is learning how to play the guitar (Classic Rock) so he brought his guitar on the trip. Made the 2 1/2 trip short and he enjoyed playing in the car. Now I am trying to get him to move from Beatles music to Rolling Stones and Eagles. Can't wait til the next long drive to another soccer tournament

 

[Multi Sport]

Inland Empire, practice starts at 6.

Drive averages 50-60 minutes. 10 Freeway West, 15 South, 91 West, Toll Roads into Great Park. Get the most traffic on 15 South, everything else is relatively wide open.

We alternate weeks driving with good friends a few miles from us.

DD plays for 04 Pats DA.

Ever try 60 West to 71 South to avoid the 15 traffic?

 

[apmullaly]

Speaking of music, I had an "Aha" moment last week driving to Lancaster for State cup. My son is learning how to play the guitar (Classic Rock) so he brought his guitar on the trip. Made the 2 1/2 trip short and he enjoyed playing in the car. Now I am trying to get him to move from Beatles music to Rolling Stones and Eagles. Can't wait til the next long drive to another soccer tournament

Stick with the Beatles!

 

[apmullaly]

92.3 and Power 105.9.

Sirius/XM radio is worth it during the commutes

 

[Toch]

Inland Empire, practice starts at 6.

Drive averages 50-60 minutes. 10 Freeway West, 15 South, 91 West, Toll Roads into Great Park. Get the most traffic on 15 South, everything else is relatively wide open.

We alternate weeks driving with good friends a few miles from us.

DD plays for 04 Pats DA.

You can definitely get equal or better training closer to home

 

[mirage]

My radio presets are Jazz 88.3 ....

KJazz (KLON) is one of the last surviving jazz stations in the nation. Its quite sad to see this pure American music expression slowly disappear. There was a time when LA area had multiple jazz station, KKGO being the biggest and the best before changing to classical.

Today, thanks Clear Channel/iHeart Radio, we hear the same 12 songs over and over again on just about every station. And they all goto commercial at the same time so you are forced to have commercial playing. The Sirius/XM has multiple genre but within any given station the playlist is still limited and you hear the same songs repeatedly in a day. The best part of Sirius/XM is the ability to listen to anything, including news, business and sports.

We've gone to streaming Spotify/Google Music/Amazon Prime in our cars and at home (aside from ripped music from our old CD's).