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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe try out fee is prohibited by US Soccer. Are the thorns going to violate that rule?
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Regardless if the Thorns Academy is in violation of the rules, I think it is fair to say the $125 tryout fee is outrageous.
Taking another prospective, maybe the exorbitant tryout fee serves more than a money making purpose. Perhaps it helps to keep some of the players and parents that have the warped perception of their daughter's playing abilities out of tryouts? The tryout fee should make the average person at least think prior to signing up.. Or maybe it does the opposite and every soccer loon parent and kid show up.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostRegardless if the Thorns Academy is in violation of the rules, I think it is fair to say the $125 tryout fee is outrageous.
Taking another prospective, maybe the exorbitant tryout fee serves more than a money making purpose. Perhaps it helps to keep some of the players and parents that have the warped perception of their daughter's playing abilities out of tryouts? The tryout fee should make the average person at least think prior to signing up.. Or maybe it does the opposite and every soccer loon parent and kid show up.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI somewhat agree. But I also think the opposite that the exorbitant fee will draw a lot of people for the prestige of spending $70 per day. The psychology of the certain people will drive that.
The psychology of parents is what drives this mayhem.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostRegardless if the Thorns Academy is in violation of the rules, I think it is fair to say the $125 tryout fee is outrageous.
Taking another prospective, maybe the exorbitant tryout fee serves more than a money making purpose. Perhaps it helps to keep some of the players and parents that have the warped perception of their daughter's playing abilities out of tryouts? The tryout fee should make the average person at least think prior to signing up.. Or maybe it does the opposite and every soccer loon parent and kid show up.
I don't really see this as being prohibitive for most interested players. I mean, the $8000 price tag didn't keep people away from trying out for ECNL teams.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe tryouts are 2 sessions each over two days. So that works out to about $30 per hour which is about what people pay to play Laser Tag.
I don't really see this as being prohibitive for most interested players. I mean, the $8000 price tag didn't keep people away from trying out for ECNL teams.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostRegardless if the Thorns Academy is in violation of the rules, I think it is fair to say the $125 tryout fee is outrageous.
Taking another prospective, maybe the exorbitant tryout fee serves more than a money making purpose. Perhaps it helps to keep some of the players and parents that have the warped perception of their daughter's playing abilities out of tryouts? The tryout fee should make the average person at least think prior to signing up.. Or maybe it does the opposite and every soccer loon parent and kid show up.
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Have the current Thorns Academy players been assured spots? Will this be an actual tryout or just for show and a fundraiser for current players?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostHave the current Thorns Academy players been assured spots? Will this be an actual tryout or just for show and a fundraiser for current players?
The try out is to fill a few roster spots but they hope to get 30+ kids per age group and pull in $20,000-$30,000 in profits.
Not sure how they will get around the US Soccer prohibition on charging a try out fee for girls DA.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Posthttp://www.ussoccerda.com/girls-academy-faqs
"Clubs may not charge a registration fee for tryouts, which includes fees for equipment, apparel or etc."
I bet they get a ton of people trying out if it's free.
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Have they already offered players roster spots? If they have they should probably let people know before they drop $125 for a try out.
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