Originally posted by Unregistered
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I don't have an issue with a youth soccer club operating like a business. I would just prefer that business not exist for the sake of profit.
I don't have a problem with a coach wanting to be paid for his time. I, however, coach because I love the game and love the opportunity to instill in others that same appreciation for it. I have a job, I don't need to make money off of kids and their parents who are trying to do something constructive, especially when it involves something I hold very dear.
The larger, big money clubs seem to have it backward. Instead of marketing their clubs honestly, taking the kids they get, and then making sure they have enough paid coaches and administrators, they are swindling as many kids as they can scrape together so that they can continue to pay the existing coaches and administrators.
I have coached some fantastic players in high school who honed their skills at the park and on the street, and never player club soccer... because they couldn't afford it.
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