NCSL-Rec Schedules: Why the delay in posting?

[Anonymous]

I miss SFL who looked at FCPS and other school calendars before scheduling games. Prepare for lots of forfeits for last Nov game when FCPS has 5 day weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe they changed the deadline even later without any apology or acknowledgment of the inconvenience. They would never be so
lazy and half-@ssed with the travel schedules.

I don't know about that. For travel we are still getting rescheduled games in our schedule, one came out yesterday and it's not even on the posted schedule.

That's completely different. You had a complete schedule for the season in July. Of course one off games are canceled and rescheduled all the time, that happens to rec games too.

The travel parents would be apopletic if NCSL hadn't published their game schedules for next week by now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe they changed the deadline even later without any apology or acknowledgment of the inconvenience. They would never be so
lazy and half-@ssed with the travel schedules.

I don't know about that. For travel we are still getting rescheduled games in our schedule, one came out yesterday and it's not even on the posted schedule.

That's completely different. You had a complete schedule for the season in July. Of course one off games are canceled and rescheduled all the time, that happens to rec games too.

The travel parents would be apopletic if NCSL hadn't published their game schedules for next week by now.

Travel didn't come out until middle of August not July. In our bracket most of the games have an R next to them meaning they have been rescheduled. Other than optics of getting your schedule if most were changed it's not really any better.

[Anonymous]

Nonsense, my older child has only had one game rescheduled. Their schedule came out August 12. Everyone would prefer a schedule coming out in a timely manner with a handful or reschedules to nothing.

STILL waiting for younger child's rec schedule. They aren't incompetent, b/c they put the club schedule out on time. So they are just lazy and don't care.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand how SFL volunteers were able to do this in a timely manner using spreadsheets and a protractor whereas paid staff at NCSL using a very easy automated scheduling system have completely dropped the ball.

[Anonymous]

Out finally

[Anonymous]

Ours is missing 3 away game times, the times are kind of important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours is missing 3 away game times, the times are kind of important.

That usually means the other org didn't give the scheduler enough field space. Expect the game to be played on a really crappy field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours is missing 3 away game times, the times are kind of important.

With schedule out, heard some families have reached out to coaches already to say they won’t do the away games. No it sure is that’s because distance or more evening games this year. By GPS our away games are 42, 48 and 50 minute/ (if no traffic). Is that standard time to go to rec games? How does it compare to travel?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours is missing 3 away game times, the times are kind of important.

With schedule out, heard some families have reached out to coaches already to say they won’t do the away games. No it sure is that’s because distance or more evening games this year. By GPS our away games are 42, 48 and 50 minute/ (if no traffic). Is that standard time to go to rec games? How does it compare to travel?

For ncsl travel. U11 one away game is about an hour and 20 minutes. The other away games are probably in the 40-45 min range.

[Anonymous]

That's too far unless YOUR club is the one out in the boonies.

SFL used to prioritize games within a certain mile radius. We are Herndon and our away games were almost always Sterling, CYA, SYA etc.

If your kid plays division 1, expect games to be a little further away.

But 3 away games 40+ minutes away? No way. Your club should have pushed back on that when they saw the draft schedules.

The coach can tell his club/NCSL that the away games are too far and need to be rescheduled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours is missing 3 away game times, the times are kind of important.

With schedule out, heard some families have reached out to coaches already to say they won’t do the away games. No it sure is that’s because distance or more evening games this year. By GPS our away games are 42, 48 and 50 minute/ (if no traffic). Is that standard time to go to rec games? How does it compare to travel?

For ncsl travel. U11 one away game is about an hour and 20 minutes. The other away games are probably in the 40-45 min range.

That's* travel*. The expectation is that rec games are played closer.

Really, with how 50+ teams in some division, its nonsense that they put zero effort into location. It looks like the away games are completely random and based on no criteria whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours is missing 3 away game times, the times are kind of important.

With schedule out, heard some families have reached out to coaches already to say they won’t do the away games. No it sure is that’s because distance or more evening games this year. By GPS our away games are 42, 48 and 50 minute/ (if no traffic). Is that standard time to go to rec games? How does it compare to travel?

For ncsl travel. U11 one away game is about an hour and 20 minutes. The other away games are probably in the 40-45 min range.

That's* travel*. The expectation is that rec games are played closer.

Really, with how 50+ teams in some division, its nonsense that they put zero effort into location. It looks like the away games are completely random and based on no criteria whatsoever.

Yes the poster asked how it compares to travel. So I provided that information for my kids team.