Mid-season Eagles DPL contract

I would never advise a client to sign contract language like this:

"The President or Executive Director may on a rare occasion make decisions during the course of the season that might affect POLICY or PAYMENT not addressed in this contract. If such a decision is made it will be communicated to the membership and considered BINDING."

Rephrased:

"I hereby grant the Eagles Soccer Club three wishes, the two wishes specifically enumerated above, plus a third wish, which the Eagles Soccer Club may hereafter use to grant itself an unlimited number of future wishes."
 
Deadpoolscores! said:
I'm just curious how much are they asking for, I've heard some crazy numbers for these teams. I feel that every time I leave this page another comment pops up, wonder how many pages this post will hit?
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We'll just have to see how many Eagles players will be suspended tomorrow
 
Soccer mafia at work overtime. From youth clubs, US Soccer, MLS, and the NWSL all are the same. MLS teams are not individually run teams but rather franchises controlled by one single entity the MLS which is overseen by US Soccer, same with the NWSL. And now the same with DA. All teams controlled through one monolithic organization. Adopt to our rules, do as your told, play our playing style or you are deemed an outcast. If you want to see some really horrible documents take a deep dive into those NWSL player contracts. The system is created to control and manipulate its consumer from the top down. This is why this document is allowed to have been written and why it’s acceptable.
 
Maldo22 said:
Because another thing that Eagles has in their contract (the initial one parents signed, not the new one) says that "all communications with CYSA, ECNL, US Soccer or Coast Soccer League is reserved to club management. " Not that they follow their own rules, but they expect parents to.
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Who cares. Send the contract. Let US SOCCER decide the ethics of this charade.
 
Overlap said:
I know several player's that only wanted to play D2 so they could play HS, this is going to force them to commit to DA as they previously were only allowed to play no more than 6-7 DA games without being called up. I'm betting some of these player's are as good or better than some of the current DA player's and sounds like they'll have some decisions to make
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Not to defend this contract, if you can call it that, but doesn't DA have a rule that a club must put its best players on the DA team? I know that several dds especially ones that are already committed stayed in ECNL but I do think this might be the only legit part of the document.
 
glen_dandy said:
A friend at Eagles SC asked me to post this. As if that club doesn't have enough problems to deal with, they are now forcing their DPL teams to sign the attached contract. Anyone refusing to sign doesn't get to play. This was just sprung on them midseason.

There's a lot of BS in there about forcing kids to play DA when they don't want to, but as an outsider, the clause that jumped out at me was the one where they require new season registration payments in May, or else you don't get to play the May, June, July of the old season.

Do any other DA clubs require this kind of contract? Ours does not.
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Last year during Eagles DA tryouts the club was requiring a 500$ deposit prior to tryouts. My understanding was that a player had to accept the team that was offered to the player otherwise the family would forfeit the 500$. I couldn't believe more people weren't vocal about that. Between these shenanigans and the Vince Thomas accusations, I think we got out of there just in time.
 
smellycleats said:
Last year during Eagles DA tryouts the club was requiring a 500$ deposit prior to tryouts. My understanding was that a player had to accept the team that was offered to the player otherwise the family would forfeit the 500$. I couldn't believe more people weren't vocal about that. Between these shenanigans and the Vince Thomas accusations, I think we got out of there just in time.
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If this is true how come no one posted about it sooner? Too embarrassed to admit they paid the money?
 
One thing parents have yet to figure out is that if they bond together, they are more powerful than the club. If all the parents on one, some, most or all of the teams bond together and refuse, the Club will make concessions. Bank on it.

Also, call your city council members and put heat on the club/board. Tell them to open the fields up to competing clubs, etc.

Let the council know you vote and let the club know you vote with your wallet.

Once again, we see just how difficult reform in this country will be. Nothing will change. DA is toxic.
 
Eagles are in full damage control right Now :

1.) The Vince Thomas situation could cripple the club if the board was made aware of the situation.

2.) Potentially losing their club exclusive to PV fields (55 Acres) and having to share with MSA, another small club in the area.

3.) MSA's founder is now the Girls Varsity coach at Camarillo high school along with his sister coaching JV.
 
El Clasico said:
One thing parents have yet to figure out is that if they bond together, they are more powerful than the club. If all the parents on one, some, most or all of the teams bond together and refuse, the Club will make concessions. Bank on it.

Also, call your city council members and put heat on the club/board. Tell them to open the fields up to competing clubs, etc.

Let the council know you vote and let the club know you vote with your wallet.

Once again, we see just how difficult reform in this country will be.
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Everyone should refuse to sign it! Then what would the Club do? Suspend everyone?
 
This reminds me several years ago towards end of ECNL season. Club was trying to force parents/kids to register for following ECNL season.If they didn't sign up they couldn't go to ECNL playoffs for the current season they were winding down.
 
El Clasico said:
Also, call your city council members and put heat on the club/board. Tell them to open the fields up to competing clubs, etc.

Let the council know you vote and let the club know you vote with your wallet.
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Plot twist :

Robert "Buddy" Kelley is not only a district board member, he's the Chairman. This means direct ties to the city council.

http://www.pvrpd.org/administration/directors/kelley.asp

Talk about conflict of interest. This is the only reason the club can maintain having a Monopoly on playing fields.
 
Eagles and Kelly keep MSA FC and other smaller clubs from accessing Pleasant Valley fields for years, they have virtual monopoly:

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Bryan Monka, coach of a girls’ soccer team at Adolfo Camarillo High School and the director of the 16-team Monka club, said his soccer club feels too much preference is given to the Camarillo Eagles Soccer Club, a longtime youth organization that has become known for its success in the club soccer circuit.

“I want the kids of Camarillo to be able to use the fields that are funded by the taxpayers of Camarillo,” Monka said, referring to the fact that the Eagles club attracts players from throughout the county.

Camarillo is home to one of the largest soccer complexes in Ventura County—the 23-acre Pleasant Valley Fields, as well as seven parks of varying sizes—but the wrangling for soccer field space between Monka’s club, the Eagles, AYSO and other youth teams has been an issue in the city for years.

Otten said over 4,000 kids participate in soccer in the city each year.

Though the Eagles have been around since the 1970s, the proliferation of the multibillion-dollar club sports industry, which has various youth teams competing all year long, has put additional wear and tear on parks that once had a chance to rest because seasons only lasted a few months. Now those teams typically don’t take breaks. Not only does it wear the grass out but it also means pay-to-play club teams are competing for space.

To help offset those costs, AYSO and the Eagles each pay $30,000 a year to use PVSD fields. The organizations also pay to use the lights for night games.

Monka said his club pays the park district about $11,000 a year for practice fields based on an hourly rate. In addition, Monka said, he spends about $38,000 a year to rent field space at other venues in town and at Cal State Channel Islands.

In the past, Monka has asked the park board to grant his club the same access to the soccer fields as the Eagles. Those requests have been denied. Bob Kelley, a park district board member, is an advisor for the Eagles. His wife is the club’s president. Both are volunteer positions."

https://www.thecamarilloacorn.com/articles/soccerfield-debate-surfaces-at-forum/
 
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