08 Girls Complete Discussion Thread

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Completely agree. I was told by the boss at PDA it was for money only. PDA pays their coaches by player. So the more players the more money. That’s really it. They don’t care about the kids, their development, college nothing. It’s a business to them - but at the expense of young girls- gross.

Yes, unfortunately learning this now with my daughter. It's all about the $ and most of these parents just nod their head and keep forking over the cash.

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Somewhere along the way Soccer became big business in the US. Making it a better environment for the players is a complicated conversation.

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Somewhere along the way Soccer became big business in the US. Making it a better environment for the players is a complicated conversation.

It's not unique to soccer.

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It's not unique to soccer.

My kids play other sports and their soccer clubs are leaps and bounds the worst offenders. The other sports/clubs give proper feedback, don't have crazy rosters and are just overall more normal. I do believe we have an issue with girls soccer in this state.

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Yes, unfortunately learning this now with my daughter. It's all about the $ and most of these parents just nod their head and keep forking over the cash.

PDA is notoriously NJ unethical club.

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My kids play other sports and their soccer clubs are leaps and bounds the worst offenders. The other sports/clubs give proper feedback, don't have crazy rosters and are just overall more normal. I do believe we have an issue with girls soccer in this state.

Are they top level competitive sports or just rec/town sports because there is a big difference in the amount of hours, and resources dedicated to high level sports teams. Our local team is probably 1/3 the cost and no overnight travel but the difference in quality and dedication of her teammates is huge.

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Are they top level competitive sports or just rec/town sports because there is a big difference in the amount of hours, and resources dedicated to high level sports teams. Our local team is probably 1/3 the cost and no overnight travel but the difference in quality and dedication of her teammates is huge.

No OP but my kids play travel Lax and basketball and both have been way more normal, organized, consistent, good coaches and normal sized teams than soccer. Even with basketball (5 players, bench up to 12)---they are super fair. If you don't do well in the practice before the game you won't start and will play very little (but you are made aware). Its more of a dialogue than a dictatorship - which is how it should be IMO.

Girls soccer is in its own category. You have kids traveling to another state for 1 game and playing for 5 minutes - with no prior knowledge. That's not okay. Not sure it was always this way but it is now.