School excuse letter

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Everyone is on a travel team. We need to take them to their practices and games.

Years ago, township teams were very good and most were on them. They were the local soccer clubs and most had bake sales, car washes to raise money if there was any real travel involved. Your teammate was your classmate or neighbor. Those were fun days.

I remember changing soda tanks at tournaments for years where parents worked the concession/sales and soccer didn't cost a fortune. It was a time that kids played sports just to have fun.

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I remember changing soda tanks at tournaments for years where parents worked the concession/sales and soccer didn't cost a fortune. It was a time that kids played sports just to have fun.

Yes the youth soccer industry has been completely monetized. Pricey clubs and "elite leagues " have decimated travel soccer where many of these players belong. Parents would rather write checks than volunteer their time, nor do they take the time to questionwhy they're doing it. It’s happened in other sports as well but not quite as bad. At least basketball, baseball and football have a lot of parents who used to play and will help with coaching (helps keep costs lower) or be knowledgeable adult referees. Not nearly as many parents used to play soccer at any decent level . Its also why they can't tell good coaching from bad

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Yes the youth soccer industry has been completely monetized. Pricey clubs and "elite leagues " have decimated travel soccer where many of these players belong. Parents would rather write checks than volunteer their time, nor do they take the time to questionwhy they're doing it. It’s happened in other sports as well but not quite as bad. At least basketball, baseball and football have a lot of parents who used to play and will help with coaching (helps keep costs lower) or be knowledgeable adult referees. Not nearly as many parents used to play soccer at any decent level . Its also why they can't tell good coaching from bad

More people played than you may think - there are quite a few foreign parents in youth soccer - many of us played outside the US, which is very different. Yes, we can tell bad coaching and it's frustrating.

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More people played than you may think - there are quite a few foreign parents in youth soccer - many of us played outside the US, which is very different. Yes, we can tell bad coaching and it's frustrating.

The majority did not play and are not international. You should start a club. You would be able to retire from your office job.

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More people played than you may think - there are quite a few foreign parents in youth soccer - many of us played outside the US, which is very different. Yes, we can tell bad coaching and it's frustrating.

You're very much mistaken. The vast majority of US parents never touched a soccer ball outside of gym class, if even then. Forget playing at a high level. The sport's popularity is fat more recent vs the Big 3 and it still trails well behind those, and probably hockey in the north as well

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More people played than you may think - there are quite a few foreign parents in youth soccer - many of us played outside the US, which is very different. Yes, we can tell bad coaching and it's frustrating.

Absolutely not! I played in high school when no one cared about soccer. All the football players used to make fun of us and used many derogatory words describing anyone who played soccer. When I played in College it wasn’t anywhere close to as popular now. When I see/hear parents on the sidelines talking as if they know the sport I just stand there and laugh. Because their daughter plays they are now experts about coaching and referees. 99.9% of these parents have no idea about tactics of a match. They know how to shout “shoot” very loudly but have no idea about the game before their child started to play.

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Absolutely not! I played in high school when no one cared about soccer. All the football players used to make fun of us and used many derogatory words describing anyone who played soccer. When I played in College it wasn’t anywhere close to as popular now. When I see/hear parents on the sidelines talking as if they know the sport I just stand there and laugh. Because their daughter plays they are now experts about coaching and referees. 99.9% of these parents have no idea about tactics of a match. They know how to shout “shoot” very loudly but have no idea about the game before their child started to play.

If I hear nice kick one more time I think my head will explode. And these are college games. How about good work, nice pass. Or the muttered to myself in solitude "for god sakes will someone pass to feet".

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You're very much mistaken. The vast majority of US parents never touched a soccer ball outside of gym class, if even then. Forget playing at a high level. The sport's popularity is fat more recent vs the Big 3 and it still trails well behind those, and probably hockey in the north as well

Well outside the US it was the only sport. So that is all we knew.

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Well outside the US it was the only sport. So that is all we knew.

Of course. Soccer is barely blip in some parts of the US. probably at least 70% of the kids that start young drop out by high school

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Of course. Soccer is barely blip in some parts of the US. probably at least 70% of the kids that start young drop out by high school

That's true of every sport

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ECNL always has a school excuse letter on their website https://www.ecnlgirls.com/resource-center/

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ECNL always has a school excuse letter on their website https://www.ecnlgirls.com/resource-center/

Was rejected by our school. I sent it with a nice letter from the coach and wrote a nice letter as well. They ignored and marked my kids absent. They could care less. That's our school others may be nicer.

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Was rejected by our school. I sent it with a nice letter from the coach and wrote a nice letter as well. They ignored and marked my kids absent. They could care less. That's our school others may be nicer.

It's not an excused absence. State rules. Private schools are the only ones that legally have more leeway. You might get a public school administrator to look the other way, but familes abuse the absentee policies all the time and they're probably sick of it. I know families that get upset that missing school for ski trip in France doesn't count. Then there are parents that don't care if their kids miss at all. Pick the dumbest common denominator out there and that's what schools have to deal with daily

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Another reason to home school your athlete.

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Another reason to home school your athlete.

Most of you fools shouldn't even be house training a puppy let alone educating your children