Riverbend FC

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They rented a turf field for the week for camp then canceled the camp? That seems foolish.

Now they are offering FREE rec soccer lol

It doesn't show up as free on the website for me.
https://rb-fc.com/club/u6-u10rec
https://rb-fc.com/club/u3-5rec

Honestly every time I look at their website something has changed but yesterday there was something about a free rec trial program.

[Anonymous]

Grades 1st-6th all combined together for once a week soccer? That sounds like a hot mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They rented a turf field for the week for camp then canceled the camp? That seems foolish.

Now they are offering FREE rec soccer lol

It doesn't show up as free on the website for me.
https://rb-fc.com/club/u6-u10rec
https://rb-fc.com/club/u3-5rec

Honestly every time I look at their website something has changed but yesterday there was something about a free rec trial program.

I could really care less about this club, but cmon man it’s a free trial. How hard is that to understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They rented a turf field for the week for camp then canceled the camp? That seems foolish.

Now they are offering FREE rec soccer lol

It doesn't show up as free on the website for me.
https://rb-fc.com/club/u6-u10rec
https://rb-fc.com/club/u3-5rec

Honestly every time I look at their website something has changed but yesterday there was something about a free rec trial program.

I could really care less about this club, but cmon man it’s a free trial. How hard is that to understand.

Never seen something like that before.

[Anonymous]

How are they paying all these staff and coaches with zero registration fees coming in? Whose funding it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They rented a turf field for the week for camp then canceled the camp? That seems foolish.

Now they are offering FREE rec soccer lol

It doesn't show up as free on the website for me.
https://rb-fc.com/club/u6-u10rec
https://rb-fc.com/club/u3-5rec

Honestly every time I look at their website something has changed but yesterday there was something about a free rec trial program.

I could really care less about this club, but cmon man it’s a free trial. How hard is that to understand.

Never seen something like that before.

Really? Its common for places like Little Gym or karate places, any little kid sport business trying to attract customers. They are for profit, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are they paying all these staff and coaches with zero registration fees coming in? Whose funding it?

A handful of rich GF dudes are

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are they paying all these staff and coaches with zero registration fees coming in? Whose funding it?

Private Equity

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How are they paying all these staff and coaches with zero registration fees coming in? Whose funding it?

Private Equity

Even for a small startup club, private equity can push things in the wrong direction. Instead of focusing on building a solid, community-based program (as they are claiming to want), there’s pressure to grow fast and make money, which can mean higher fees, cutting corners, or prioritizing more profitable players and teams. That will make it less about developing kids and more about business. See : VRSC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are they paying all these staff and coaches with zero registration fees coming in? Whose funding it?

Private Equity

Even for a small startup club, private equity can push things in the wrong direction. Instead of focusing on building a solid, community-based program (as they are claiming to want), there’s pressure to grow fast and make money, which can mean higher fees, cutting corners, or prioritizing more profitable players and teams. That will make it less about developing kids and more about business. See : VRSC.

When you have too much money, you think you know it all and can do it all. It'll take time for them to realize you can't just buy your way in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are they paying all these staff and coaches with zero registration fees coming in? Whose funding it?

Private Equity

Even for a small startup club, private equity can push things in the wrong direction. Instead of focusing on building a solid, community-based program (as they are claiming to want), there’s pressure to grow fast and make money, which can mean higher fees, cutting corners, or prioritizing more profitable players and teams. That will make it less about developing kids and more about business. See : VRSC.

I’m sure they’re going into this not expecting to turn a profit for a year or two. That’s how you start a business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are they paying all these staff and coaches with zero registration fees coming in? Whose funding it?

Private Equity

Even for a small startup club, private equity can push things in the wrong direction. Instead of focusing on building a solid, community-based program (as they are claiming to want), there’s pressure to grow fast and make money, which can mean higher fees, cutting corners, or prioritizing more profitable players and teams. That will make it less about developing kids and more about business. See : VRSC.

I’m sure they’re going into this not expecting to turn a profit for a year or two. That’s how you start a business.

Not debating that. Just saying it's not a positive for youth soccer in general to have clubs run like this.

[Anonymous]

There are too many established clubs around to get this off the ground. I feel bad for coaches who left GFR who won’t have teams to coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are too many established clubs around to get this off the ground. I feel bad for coaches who left GFR who won’t have teams to coach.

I don't. They all complained about the leadership at GFR and used that as their reason for being unhappy there. Leadership changed and now it's obvious all they cared about was making more money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are too many established clubs around to get this off the ground. I feel bad for coaches who left GFR who won’t have teams to coach.

Maybe they buyout/merge with one of them.