So with no fall soccer imminent what now for club soccer

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Clubs are desperate. They’ll try to sell you on trainings and fitness programs with an occasional in state scrimmage for the same money.

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Your club will string you along with practices and collect all your payments.

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Clubs will be folding, not building.

Yeah, no doubt.

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Your club will string you along with practices and collect all your payments.

Already starting that - this month in fact.

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Gotta love it. The DEMs do have one big advantage - the greed and stupidity of the people who vote for them.

Greed and Stupidity, huh.
Sounds like ahole-in-chief second term agenda...oh wait, that’s right, he doesn’t have one.

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Meh, it allows clubs to control one of their highest expenses, field rental cost. Considering the appreciation real estate has taken over the last 30 years, seems like a no-brainer if you're a non-profit with the cash-flow and need somewhere to park it.

Land ain’t cheap, anywhere.
A club should have nowhere near that kind of money, though rates are attractively low.

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Land ain’t cheap, anywhere.
A club should have nowhere near that kind of money, though rates are attractively low.

Even if a club had that money in the bank I wouldn't be be sinking anything into fields right now. There's just too much uncertainty on when things might resume - and if it resumes there's a risk it gets shut down again. Unlikely a bank will give a substantial loan now either. Land acquisition is only part of the price tag too. Ideally you want at least one turf field so you can use almost all year round. Big $$$$. Even grass field installation isn't cheap and a new field shouldn't be used immediately. Grass has a lot of maintenance costs also.

Clubs might get lucky if a sports facility goes belly up that they can buy on the cheap. But do you want to be in the business of managing a facility?

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https://www.mass.gov/doc/safety-stan...tep-1/download

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It was in Hudson not Marlboro and did not go thru.

The day is coming where clubs are not going to be taking near the hours that they do now at facilities. As a matter of fact, after last spring and what is most likely shaping up for this fall, expect clubs to start backing out of hours at indoor facilities. If you think Stars pushes the limits now running winter trainings, wait until this year. You will see the same with NEFC.

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Even if a club had that money in the bank I wouldn't be be sinking anything into fields right now. There's just too much uncertainty on when things might resume - and if it resumes there's a risk it gets shut down again. Unlikely a bank will give a substantial loan now either. Land acquisition is only part of the price tag too. Ideally you want at least one turf field so you can use almost all year round. Big $$$$. Even grass field installation isn't cheap and a new field shouldn't be used immediately. Grass has a lot of maintenance costs also.

Clubs might get lucky if a sports facility goes belly up that they can buy on the cheap. But do you want to be in the business of managing a facility?

Rumor has it Stars is looking to do just that up in Lancaster. Why keep shelling out money to Teamworks? Grant it they already run their Acton complex.

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Rumor has it Stars is looking to do just that up in Lancaster. Why keep shelling out money to Teamworks? Grant it they already run their Acton complex.

Stars bought the indoor facility at AUC last winter before covid19.