Why the term offered?

[Anonymous]

I’m new to travel soccer but the way some people talk like their kids are so special they were “ offered a spot” on the team
or “invited” I don’t get it.
Is this just part of soccer language?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m new to travel soccer but the way some people talk like their kids are so special they were “ offered a spot” on the team
or “invited” I don’t get it.
Is this just part of soccer language?

It is not soccer language specifically, this applies to almost all youth 'travel sports' with tryouts.

The travel organizations like use this language create an atmosphere of scarcity and FOMO among parents.

But also, at bigger clubs where team placement is competitive, not everyone is 'offered a spot' and the higher level teams do in fact 'invite' players to practice and guest play with their teams.

Welcome to the strange world of travel sports. I agree, it is a lot different than how I grew up playing Rec, MS and HS soccer in Florida.

[Anonymous]

Yes that’s the normal language.

[Anonymous]

What would you say instead?

[Anonymous]

Im not sure how else you would word it. The player was literally offered a spot on the team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im not sure how else you would word it. The player was literally offered a spot on the team.

With you, OP's post makes no sense. How else do you say that you say that you're joining a team from the outside?

[Anonymous]

It is an “offer” because the player is entering a contract to play for the team the next year. It carries dues, etc. All contracts are made through an “offer” and “acceptance.”

Soccer teams are no more special than houses or products sold on late night TV - offers are made and people can accept or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is an “offer” because the player is entering a contract to play for the team the next year. It carries dues, etc. All contracts are made through an “offer” and “acceptance.”

Soccer teams are no more special than houses or products sold on late night TV - offers are made and people can accept or not.

+1
Current term "offer" implies a connotation that parents have a choice in accepting or declining, while older terms like "selected" or "picked" does not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is an “offer” because the player is entering a contract to play for the team the next year. It carries dues, etc. All contracts are made through an “offer” and “acceptance.”

Soccer teams are no more special than houses or products sold on late night TV - offers are made and people can accept or not.

You're saying the object, TV, is the same as the human person, player?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is an “offer” because the player is entering a contract to play for the team the next year. It carries dues, etc. All contracts are made through an “offer” and “acceptance.”

Soccer teams are no more special than houses or products sold on late night TV - offers are made and people can accept or not.

You're saying the object, TV, is the same as the human person, player?

JHFC - Not products "sold to" a late night TV. It is "sold on" late night TV. All three platforms: houses, Flex Seal commercials, and soccer teams all make offers "people can accept."

It is amazing the amount of mental gymnastics people will undertake to complain about anything on this list serve.