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    #46
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Have they already offered players roster spots? If they have they should probably let people know before they drop $125 for a try out.
    How many girls that leave ECNL the first week in May will be telling.

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      #47
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Have they already offered players roster spots? If they have they should probably let people know before they drop $125 for a try out.
      If they don't swindle a few hundred girls into dropping that $125 tryout fee, they won't have enough cash to pay for the charter bus to California games.

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        #48
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        How many girls that leave ECNL the first week in May will be telling.
        College signings 2017

        ECNL 40
        Thornz 0*

        I'm sure girls will be flocking to the clown car.


        * maybe a few community college signings.

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          #49
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          College signings 2017

          ECNL 40
          Thornz 0*

          I'm sure girls will be flocking to the clown car.


          * maybe a few community college signings.
          They will be traveling by van not car.

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            #50
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            They will be traveling by van not car.
            To Seattle games. Air to the others. Same as ECNL.. except Thorns are footing the bill.

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              #51
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              To Seattle games. Air to the others. Same as ECNL.. except every soccer player in Oregon is footing the bill.
              Fixed your typo.

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                #52
                Funny how no one complained about subsidizing the boys.. only the girls. Pathetic and shameful.

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                  #53
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  College signings 2017

                  ECNL 40
                  Thornz 0*

                  I'm sure girls will be flocking to the clown car.


                  * maybe a few community college signings.
                  Ouch. That doesn't sound fun

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                    #54
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Funny how no one complained about subsidizing the boys.. only the girls. Pathetic and shameful.
                    I have no issue with helping poor kids play soccer. I support my club's scholarship program happily. My issue is the wealthy players being subsidized on thorns, especially when for our club, the money to pay the increased fees a subsidized GDA team generated comes out of our scholarship dollars. So instead of our scholarship dollars helping poor kids in our community play soccer, they are helping upper class girls play soccer for free. And then we all get to see their vacation photos from Hawaii and Europe on social media.

                    And there is also the issue that Timbers academy teams are subsidized by the highly profitable parent Timbers club. The parent Thorns aren't profitable enough to subsidize their own team. So we all get to do it.

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                      #55
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      I have no issue with helping poor kids play soccer. I support my club's scholarship program happily. My issue is the wealthy players being subsidized on thorns, especially when for our club, the money to pay the increased fees a subsidized GDA team generated comes out of our scholarship dollars. So instead of our scholarship dollars helping poor kids in our community play soccer, they are helping upper class girls play soccer for free. And then we all get to see their vacation photos from Hawaii and Europe on social media.

                      And there is also the issue that Timbers academy teams are subsidized by the highly profitable parent Timbers club. The parent Thorns aren't profitable enough to subsidize their own team. So we all get to do it.
                      It's certainly shady. Why can't Thorns DA give scholarships to the players in the amount they need and let the wealthier players pay up to full price depending on income? This is how all the area clubs do it to be fair. If GDA is truly the best, all the wealthier parents will be happy to pay whatever it costs.

                      Discontent will brew if Thorns continue to fund a DA from extra fees charged to all the local club players, particularly Alliance players. Most of these families are struggling just to pay for their own children.

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                        #56
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        It's certainly shady. Why can't Thorns DA give scholarships to the players in the amount they need and let the wealthier players pay up to full price depending on income? This is how all the area clubs do it to be fair. If GDA is truly the best, all the wealthier parents will be happy to pay whatever it costs.

                        Discontent will brew if Thorns continue to fund a DA from extra fees charged to all the local club players, particularly Alliance players. Most of these families are struggling just to pay for their own children.
                        The same rule would then have to apply for the boys who only pay $500.. not $2000. Are you saying boys should also have to pay more?

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                          #57
                          Everyone needs to take a step back and quit bickering over a few dollars. Even if the GDA was free, it still would be crap. You cant put lipstick on a pig!

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                            #58
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            The same rule would then have to apply for the boys who only pay $500.. not $2000. Are you saying boys should also have to pay more?
                            Boys are paid for by profitable Timbers MLS team, as required. Most non-MLS boy's DA programs charge normal fees. The girls DA is funded by Peregrine with funds from OYSA, odp, etc since the Thorns don't even have enough money to pay their own players minimum wage.

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                              #59
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              Boys are paid for by profitable Timbers MLS team, as required. Most non-MLS boy's DA programs charge normal fees. The girls DA is funded by Peregrine with funds from OYSA, odp, etc since the Thorns don't even have enough money to pay their own players minimum wage.
                              Peregrine funds both the Boys and Girls DA.
                              You can't change that fact.

                              Peregrine Income generated from all of it's revenue sources cover this expense and it's not only the specific revenue from the OYSA services paid to Peregrine.

                              The only case for that could ever be made that would prove that concept, would be if all Peregrine ever collected in their coffers was limited to OYSA services revenue, which is not the case.

                              OYSA services revenue paid to Peregrine is merely a small percentage of revenue in a the Peregrine MLS/NWSL franchise model whose worth is estimated between 200 to 250 million dollars.

                              You folks are simply clueless.

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                                #60
                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                Peregrine funds both the Boys and Girls DA.
                                You can't change that fact.

                                Peregrine Income generated from all of it's revenue sources cover this expense and it's not only the specific revenue from the OYSA services paid to Peregrine.

                                The only case for that could ever be made that would prove that concept, would be if all Peregrine ever collected in their coffers was limited to OYSA services revenue, which is not the case.

                                OYSA services revenue paid to Peregrine is merely a small percentage of revenue in a the Peregrine MLS/NWSL franchise model whose worth is estimated between 200 to 250 million dollars.

                                You folks are simply clueless.
                                And you are a thorns academy welfare recipient. If your kid makes the team, that is.

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