Surf cup throws in the towel...well kind of!

crush said:
This is what me and my little family have to do now to save a buck. We can;t afford $500-$1,000 a week for soccer in AZ and NV. We stay with the Cactus at night and i hold my wife as we stair at stars & planets together.

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It looks like Joshua Tree! Is there an up and coming Joshua Tree Cup?? Oh, wait, JT in CA so I guess not till next year
 
oh canada said:
I can understand going if you have an uncommitted 2021, 2022 grad. 2023 grads will be too early now that existing college players get an extra year of eligibility. All others going are more for the parents than the kids. Use the time and money to do something extra special with/for your kids, especially in this crazy time. Say "bye" to 2020 with its lessons of family first in mind (pandemic, Kobe, fires, Floyd, etc.) Soccer will be here for years to come. If you play for Surf, you don't have a choice (bummer). If you play for all other clubs, you do.
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crush said:
Soon the new model will be playing on the AZ/CA boarder and rent out these desert houses. Rent Camels to get to their fields a mile a way.

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love that!
 
timbuck said:
Burnout will come in the form of parental burnout.
Even staying at a hotel that is "only" - $100 per night- the cheapest weekend of travel to AZ/NV/UT is gonna run you $500 (hotel, gas, food, etc). Maybe you can go lower budget by staying with friends/family and cooking your own meals. But that's still gonna "burn" you out. 12 hours round trip in a car is something I can only do every so often.
Plenty of OC families won't blink an eye spending big on a weekend - But there's a lot of players out there who won't be able to foot that bill or time off of work that often.
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Guest players!
 
Giesbock said:
So, are top teams and their top players coming to Surf Cup AZ?
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The top teams with plenty of money. Yes. The top players from inner cities, no.

By the way, they keep playing street ball and hispanic leagues in some of the inner cities. Nobody is going to stop a kid with no wifi and no backyard from playing street ball.
 
SoccerFan4Life said:
The top teams with plenty of money. Yes. The top players from inner cities, no.

By the way, they keep playing street ball and hispanic leagues in some of the inner cities. Nobody is going to stop a kid with no wifi and no backyard from playing street ball.
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No one is going to stop a kid from playing streetball?

Only if it is in the street. I've seen more than one park with padlocks or obstacles placed on the field to keep kids from playing.
 
dad4 said:
No one is going to stop a kid from playing streetball?

Only if it is in the street. I've seen more than one park with padlocks or obstacles placed on the field to keep kids from playing.
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You don't need a field to play street ball. You need a Street. :D
 
watfly said:
Not sure of your point (my comprehension, not your explanation). No question UTLA is more political and militant than other districts although SDUSD is not far behind. The community I live in tends to be more conservative for California and as such our districts are less liberal. As a result, they are attempting to reopen schools (In fact one of our districts applied for a waiver to reopen before across the board reopenings were allowed) Unfortunately, due to complete ineptitude and lack of planning by my son's middle school district, the hybrid is a complete cluster. My daughter's high school hybrid (only in person 1 day) is much better but far from ideal. SDUSD was given the go ahead to reopen by the County a month or two ago but has steadfastly refused and has no current plans to do so in the future. This is primarily driven by the influence of the union.

Meanwhile many private schools in our county, even some with limited resources, are open for full time, in person learning. What don't private schools have? Unionized teachers.
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Hold on. MY TURN. And I will speak not from my hip. You have had your run of whatever this. So stop it. Your offering opinion with a sample size the size of a golf ball. There is no recipe for any district (in CA) to know how this situation plays out. What works or what does not. What restrictions take place. What parents want. What a city requires. Or State holds you to. Covid 19 is F'd up. But, I do know what these agencies put on children, parents and teachers.
 
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