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The budget in my family for travel/sports/entertainment is pretty much unlimited. It's a short ride and you gotta make the most of it.

Title IX Ted if he is in fact living in his Mother's basement is probably a little more uptight about his spending money.

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The budget in my family for travel/sports/entertainment is pretty much unlimited. It's a short ride and you gotta make the most of it.

And if you enjoy travel, and view remote soccer tournaments as a vacation, great! More power to you! The good news is that there are plenty of travel tournaments at all levels of skill that you can sign up for. Even international tourneys if you like.

But unless you are playing in Surf super-black or Dallas Cup or a few other elite tourneys that haven't watered down their standards, nobody cares.

And travelling to distant cattle calls in order to land an 0.1FTE at George Fox or Grand Canyon College, is not a good investment, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you a bridge. Take the airfare and the hotel charges, and invest it in a good 529.

Youth soccer should NEVER be viewed as a financial investment. You're better off spending the money on Megabucks.

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Most folks large sums of disposable income lean on money managers who are educated and certified in this sphere and trust their guidance.

In your case as a person with large piles of disposable income you have opted for a different and divergent path of following the guidance of neighborhood soccer bum(s).

This path to enlightenment leaves you only one small step way from disposing all of your income with your favorite cult.

Since you have DISPOSABLE BRAIN we don't have any words to leave with you.

And while I am at it let me go buy a Tesla with the performance package and that upgraded paint package. So now I am going to be part of the cult of Tesla. Is that bad too?

Please money manager. Can I buy it? Please! Pretty please! I worked hard for this. My family loves the environment. We want it. Can we have it? No? Then f-off. I am doing it anyway. Yes. Yes. Its mine. All mine. All mine. Thank you though for you advise.

By the way no money manager would ever say no. They say yes and provide solutions on how to make it work.

I could go on and on. Your arguments don't even resonate in your own head. I will let you think about how you choose to spend your money. I am absolutely positively confident YOU DECIDE how its spent. I also would bet that you would not like me telling you that you are a dummy to spend it that way. Am I correct?

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Title IX Ted if he is in fact living in his Mother's basement is probably a little more uptight about his spending money.

Nobody listens to him. He is angry and just blowing off steam. Same thing as crying into his pillow.

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And while I am at it let me go buy a Tesla with the performance package and that upgraded paint package. So now I am going to be part of the cult of Tesla. Is that bad too?

Please money manager. Can I buy it? Please! Pretty please! I worked hard for this. My family loves the environment. We want it. Can we have it? No? Then f-off. I am doing it anyway. Yes. Yes. Its mine. All mine. All mine. Thank you though for you advise.

By the way no money manager would ever say no. They say yes and provide solutions on how to make it work.

I could go on and on. Your arguments don't even resonate in your own head. I will let you think about how you choose to spend your money. I am absolutely positively confident YOU DECIDE how its spent. I also would bet that you would not like me telling you that you are a dummy to spend it that way. Am I correct?

A money manager would tell you that if you want a Tesla, or a Corvette, or a F350, or a vacation in Paris, or even a vacation in San Diego in which your DD plays some footie... go for it! If you've got the money, enjoy life!

Just don't expect a financial ROI from any of these things.

Money managers are only qualified to give investment advice; and are not qualified to judge the potential return on business ventures in general. OTOH, they can do the calculations and tell you what the break-even return would be should you start sinking money into youth activities in anticipation of a scholarship. You can figure out the rest.

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A money manager would tell you that if you want a Tesla, or a Corvette, or a F350, or a vacation in Paris, or even a vacation in San Diego in which your DD plays some footie... go for it! If you've got the money, enjoy life!

Just don't expect a financial ROI from any of these things.

Money managers are only qualified to give investment advice; and are not qualified to judge the potential return on business ventures in general. OTOH, they can do the calculations and tell you what the break-even return would be should you start sinking money into youth activities in anticipation of a scholarship. You can figure out the rest.

According to our club coach (money manager) year round Oregon neighborhood club team travel out of the state is the #1 priority. Providing reasoning that it's a great investment for our dd's college future aid. It's true they are not qualified to forecast any ROI with regards to college soccer admission or aid.

So why would we stay with someone asking us to burn our disposable income on travel soccer who is constantly peddling it based on a false unproven narrative.

Unlike some of the posters we travel to enjoy a vacation, our dd flying all over the country to play teams that are the same as those in our state every other weekend does allow her to pile up mileage that we could use towards future actual vacation travel.

Great point.

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And if you enjoy travel, and view remote soccer tournaments as a vacation, great! More power to you! The good news is that there are plenty of travel tournaments at all levels of skill that you can sign up for. Even international tourneys if you like.

But unless you are playing in Surf super-black or Dallas Cup or a few other elite tourneys that haven't watered down their standards, nobody cares.

And travelling to distant cattle calls in order to land an 0.1FTE at George Fox or Grand Canyon College, is not a good investment, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you a bridge. Take the airfare and the hotel charges, and invest it in a good 529.

Youth soccer should NEVER be viewed as a financial investment. You're better off spending the money on Megabucks.

I doubt anyone views club sports as a financial investment. Not many are that stupid. There are many other reasons to pay big bucks for travel soccer. School is the top priority for my kids but they are competitive and love playing competitive sports. One has dropped out of soccer and, typical boy, plays club basketball & baseball. My other kid loves soccer and just about every other sport and is very good. She plays on an expensive travel team because she enjoys playing with and against other competitive players. She also loves to travel. Not ready to be limited to one sport yet and not sure she even wants to play sports in college due to the time demands but why should that stop her from playing the best soccer/basketball/etc she can now? She wouldn’t be happy playing rec or non-travel soccer (due to the generally lower level of commitment and skill on those teams). She loves a challenge, has fun, gets to travel with her teammate friends, has a strong body & heart and has learned many life skills and lessons in a high pressure, competitive team environment. Priceless. She’ll be one of those adults that plays in adult leagues of all kinds of sports until she’s 80 because she plays for the love of the games. Fact is we are all charged too much for club sports but that’s the way it is. Wish it didnt cost so much and blessed to be able to pay for it but no regrets for all the money we spend on travel sports and music lessons.

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Title IX Ted is living in his Mother's basement and ranting about soccer scholarships for girls.

We just let him cry it out. He tuckers himself out eventually. Then someone changes him and gets him a warm bottle of milk before putting him down in his crib.

He's got quite a bad case of the tantrums.




I for one get a good laugh every time he has one of his tantrums.

Keep at it Title IX Ted. It’s good to laugh.

I for one hope he sticks around. It's funny in a very sad kind of way.

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"Title IX Ted is living in his Mother's basement and ranting about soccer scholarships for girls.

We just let him cry it out. He tuckers himself out eventually. Then someone changes him and gets him a warm bottle of milk before putting him down in his crib.

He's got quite a bad case of the tantrums."


Quite the visual. Pants pulled up too high. Fedora with the feather. Tantrums.

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According to our club coach (money manager) year round Oregon neighborhood club team travel out of the state is the #1 priority. Providing reasoning that it's a great investment for our dd's college future aid. It's true they are not qualified to forecast any ROI with regards to college soccer admission or aid.

So why would we stay with someone asking us to burn our disposable income on travel soccer who is constantly peddling it based on a false unproven narrative.

Unlike some of the posters we travel to enjoy a vacation, our dd flying all over the country to play teams that are the same as those in our state every other weekend does allow her to pile up mileage that we could use towards future actual vacation travel.

Great point.

Not sure if there are any parents here who actually believe that travelling alongside their kid to cities they would never vacation at to watch soccer they could watch at the local hs or club field would be considered a vacation. The question becomes what kind of messed up club leadership mandates year round travel out of state for average run of the mill Oregon girls? It's driven in large part by title ix mandates for sure, but it's really disingenuous to sell this travel platform to unremarkable Oregon girls in club soccer. But who cares right, it's just money. Perpetuate this sickness, why not. not ted.

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I doubt anyone views club sports as a financial investment. Not many are that stupid. There are many other reasons to pay big bucks for travel soccer. School is the top priority for my kids but they are competitive and love playing competitive sports. One has dropped out of soccer and, typical boy, plays club basketball & baseball. My other kid loves soccer and just about every other sport and is very good. She plays on an expensive travel team because she enjoys playing with and against other competitive players. She also loves to travel. Not ready to be limited to one sport yet and not sure she even wants to play sports in college due to the time demands but why should that stop her from playing the best soccer/basketball/etc she can now? She wouldn’t be happy playing rec or non-travel soccer (due to the generally lower level of commitment and skill on those teams). She loves a challenge, has fun, gets to travel with her teammate friends, has a strong body & heart and has learned many life skills and lessons in a high pressure, competitive team environment. Priceless. She’ll be one of those adults that plays in adult leagues of all kinds of sports until she’s 80 because she plays for the love of the games. Fact is we are all charged too much for club sports but that’s the way it is. Wish it didnt cost so much and blessed to be able to pay for it but no regrets for all the money we spend on travel sports and music lessons.

Same with us. Our players loved playing different and usually better teams at out of state tournaments a few times a year. Same with USYS Regionals and even the old Champions League playing some WA teams. So boring playing the exact same teams over and over every year in regular league.

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Same with us. Our players loved playing different and usually better teams at out of state tournaments a few times a year. Same with USYS Regionals and even the old Champions League playing some WA teams. So boring playing the exact same teams over and over every year in regular league.

Makes sense, what doesn't make sense it asking teams to give up playing in this state vs other local club teams. There is no science, data or logic that supports giving up all Oregon league & Tourney competition in Oregon for 9 months to instead opt in for travel full time out of state to play teams that resemble the local fare.

Layered onto to this irrational and laughable travel platform, these clubs mandate the girls must play the other 3 months of the year recreational HS ball.

This convoluted local club 'pathway' is exposed for what it is: a complete joke for the Oregon Girl and their paying parents.

Only in Oregon and only in Girls sports could this be possible.

Well done.

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"Title IX Ted is living in his Mother's basement and ranting about soccer scholarships for girls.

We just let him cry it out. He tuckers himself out eventually. Then someone changes him and gets him a warm bottle of milk before putting him down in his crib.

He's got quite a bad case of the tantrums."


Quite the visual. Pants pulled up too high. Fedora with the feather. Tantrums.

Truly a Biden Fan for sure!

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Makes sense, what doesn't make sense it asking teams to give up playing in this state vs other local club teams. There is no science, data or logic that supports giving up all Oregon league & Tourney competition in Oregon for 9 months to instead opt in for travel full time out of state to play teams that resemble the local fare.

Layered onto to this irrational and laughable travel platform, these clubs mandate the girls must play the other 3 months of the year recreational HS ball.

This convoluted local club 'pathway' is exposed for what it is: a complete joke for the Oregon Girl and their paying parents.

Only in Oregon and only in Girls sports could this be possible.

Well done.

Once the below average soccer transgender or identity preference ilk learn about the aid set aside for girls sports, travel girls soccer will truly be for vacation----as it should be I'm told. The response to the decimation of girls sports will be a return to the 60's and 70's norm of what we use to call male sports or the 'xy' leagues. Dang, what was old is new again. I guess that's called progress.

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"Title IX Ted is living in his Mother's basement and ranting about soccer scholarships for girls.

We just let him cry it out. He tuckers himself out eventually. Then someone changes him and gets him a warm bottle of milk before putting him down in his crib.

He's got quite a bad case of the tantrums."


Quite the visual. Pants pulled up too high. Fedora with the feather. Tantrums.

Be nice. Title IX Ted has nothing else in his life. Sad.