I have been thinking about the OPL/OYSA split and trying to figure out what the "Ideal structure: would look like and welcome additions and or deletions to the following.
First OPL would take over control of completive soccer with the following improvements to their organizational structure:
1. They would hire a professional executive to run and coordinate the activities of Premier soccer in OR and SW Washington. They would also hire professional unaffiliated staff to run the day to day operations including scheduling.
2. The Board would be comprised of 9 members of which only 4 could be DOC's. Four would be comprised of selected/elected representatives of the member clubs with the provision that they could not come from the same club as a DOC on the Board. The final member would HAVE to be a member of the community unaffiliated with any soccer related entity or sponsor. The board would elect the president from the nine.
The ability divisions would remain the same however there would be a Northern Division and a Southern division with a few South Portland area clubs in the Southern division which would include Eugene, and the Medford/Roseburg clubs, however these extreme Southern clubs would be expected to play a majority of their "home" games in Eugene.
At the end of each season a league champion would be declared and get a first round bye in a true State Cup. The State Cup fee would include enough money to pay the winners entry fee for regionals AND cover the costs of one coach including transportation and lodging.
In an effort to encourage consolidation at the High School level teams that did not finish in the top four of the U14 Spring league would be sent down or forced to merge for the following Spring season. OSSA's experiment clearly shows the benefits of this approach. (Hello THUSC, WSM, BSC & FC)
On the girls side until an area club was awarded an ENCL membership all female players U11 and above would be assessed $10 to go to fund ODP participation so that all worthy players tried out and could afford making the team!
A smaller fee would be assessed for the boys to help off set the cost of DA participation.
Please add your ideas to this frame work and when we are done I and a few other concerned parents will take the result to the respective organizations and ask them how they can make it happen.
First OPL would take over control of completive soccer with the following improvements to their organizational structure:
1. They would hire a professional executive to run and coordinate the activities of Premier soccer in OR and SW Washington. They would also hire professional unaffiliated staff to run the day to day operations including scheduling.
2. The Board would be comprised of 9 members of which only 4 could be DOC's. Four would be comprised of selected/elected representatives of the member clubs with the provision that they could not come from the same club as a DOC on the Board. The final member would HAVE to be a member of the community unaffiliated with any soccer related entity or sponsor. The board would elect the president from the nine.
The ability divisions would remain the same however there would be a Northern Division and a Southern division with a few South Portland area clubs in the Southern division which would include Eugene, and the Medford/Roseburg clubs, however these extreme Southern clubs would be expected to play a majority of their "home" games in Eugene.
At the end of each season a league champion would be declared and get a first round bye in a true State Cup. The State Cup fee would include enough money to pay the winners entry fee for regionals AND cover the costs of one coach including transportation and lodging.
In an effort to encourage consolidation at the High School level teams that did not finish in the top four of the U14 Spring league would be sent down or forced to merge for the following Spring season. OSSA's experiment clearly shows the benefits of this approach. (Hello THUSC, WSM, BSC & FC)
On the girls side until an area club was awarded an ENCL membership all female players U11 and above would be assessed $10 to go to fund ODP participation so that all worthy players tried out and could afford making the team!
A smaller fee would be assessed for the boys to help off set the cost of DA participation.
Please add your ideas to this frame work and when we are done I and a few other concerned parents will take the result to the respective organizations and ask them how they can make it happen.
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