Clubs doing kids wrong

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It is not about the actual playing time but about going from on the roster to not sure if your on the roster week to week. Your paying for product A but they are then changing it to a completely different product after you pay. It would be like buying and suv but they are giving you a minivan instead. You would walk away if a car dealership did that and go buy an suv somewhere lease. In this case you can not walk away because they have your money and odds are you cannot find a new team because it is to late. It is a bait and switch. No one can justify a clubs action for doing this

Yes, but unfortunately we all (should) know that these roster changes are always possible. Never take a coaches' rough guesstimates from the spring about what the team will look like the following year. Everything about youth sports is always subject to last minute changes! (Haven't you seen the way these tournaments are organized)

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It is not about the actual playing time but about going from on the roster to not sure if your on the roster week to week. Your paying for product A but they are then changing it to a completely different product after you pay. It would be like buying and suv but they are giving you a minivan instead. You would walk away if a car dealership did that and go buy an suv somewhere lease. In this case you can not walk away because they have your money and odds are you cannot find a new team because it is to late. It is a bait and switch. No one can justify a clubs action for doing this

everyone knows MFA screws other people's kids but they don't think it will happen to their kid that made the team because their kid is a special player

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It is not about the actual playing time but about going from on the roster to not sure if your on the roster week to week. Your paying for product A but they are then changing it to a completely different product after you pay. It would be like buying and suv but they are giving you a minivan instead. You would walk away if a car dealership did that and go buy an suv somewhere lease. In this case you can not walk away because they have your money and odds are you cannot find a new team because it is to late. It is a bait and switch. No one can justify a clubs action for doing this

This is exactly right. We were tricked into participating in this scenario- no info shared with parents about roster size or game rosters until after all of the payments were due. The timing could not have been a coincidence. By the time we had this info, all the decent teams were not looking for players and we were stuck. It was a learning experience for all of us and at least now we are aware that this is common. Personally I think this is only acceptable for U15 and up. U14 and below kids have to play in games for development and any club that rosters more than 18 does not care about development- only $$.

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This is exactly right. We were tricked into participating in this scenario- no info shared with parents about roster size or game rosters until after all of the payments were due. The timing could not have been a coincidence. By the time we had this info, all the decent teams were not looking for players and we were stuck. It was a learning experience for all of us and at least now we are aware that this is common. Personally I think this is only acceptable for U15 and up. U14 and below kids have to play in games for development and any club that rosters more than 18 does not care about development- only $$.

what club is this? You don’t have to mention age group. But sounds very familiar.

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This is exactly right. We were tricked into participating in this scenario- no info shared with parents about roster size or game rosters until after all of the payments were due. The timing could not have been a coincidence. By the time we had this info, all the decent teams were not looking for players and we were stuck. It was a learning experience for all of us and at least now we are aware that this is common. Personally I think this is only acceptable for U15 and up. U14 and below kids have to play in games for development and any club that rosters more than 18 does not care about development- only $$.

There was recently a whole thread on this (https://talking-soccer.com/TS4/forum...-playing-games) and also a similar discussion on the PA forum.

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Parents need to stick to the only way that makes sense , if your kid is a top 6- 7 player on a team and there happy then stay , doesn’t matter what league . Any body who’s confused or not sure then that tells you it’s time to go where your child is appreciated. It’s simple and always realize only you as the parent care about your kid at the end of the day bc even kids on same team are competing for time , it’s a shame but that’s the climate that we are given

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Imo it's borderline OK to have the bigger roster if the team is one of the many who enter 2 leagues for the season. That's a lot of games for a normal 16 player roster. In that case though, the issue could become whether the practices are still effective with so many kids. The team probably needs an assistant coach if it's 20+.

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Parents need to stick to the only way that makes sense , if your kid is a top 6- 7 player on a team and there happy then stay , doesn’t matter what league . Any body who’s confused or not sure then that tells you it’s time to go where your child is appreciated. It’s simple and always realize only you as the parent care about your kid at the end of the day bc even kids on same team are competing for time , it’s a shame but that’s the climate that we are given

I agree with this. After all this… it’s us parents who only care about our kid. If they don’t play much… why stay there? We want to see them play right? Who care the level. ECRL and EDP and pretty close if you ask me. If you are good enough to play significant minutes in ECNL or GA then go there. If not.. choose a team where the et will actually play. That’s the whole purpose of practicing skills….to put them in use.

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It is not about the actual playing time but about going from on the roster to not sure if your on the roster week to week. Your paying for product A but they are then changing it to a completely different product after you pay. It would be like buying and suv but they are giving you a minivan instead. You would walk away if a car dealership did that and go buy an suv somewhere lease. In this case you can not walk away because they have your money and odds are you cannot find a new team because it is too late. It is a bait and switch. No one can justify a clubs action for doing this

Well said.

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My daughter’s u11 team has more than the 16 girls allotted to roster so some are sitting out every week. We were told we would rotate who stays home but it’s usually the same girls over and over.

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My daughter’s u11 team has more than the 16 girls allotted to roster so some are sitting out every week. We were told we would rotate who stays home but it’s usually the same girls over and over.

Typical slimy stuff that goes on , put the parent and club aside there is a little girl who was picked for a team and wants a chance to play , grown men hurting little girls , I’ve seen it many times

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CSA Monmouth does it too!!

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my daughter’s u11 team has more than the 16 girls allotted to roster so some are sitting out every week. We were told we would rotate who stays home but it’s usually the same girls over and over.

rusa?