Why can't clubs treat "money grab" lower teams better?

[Anonymous]

Why can’t clubs charge more for their top teams since they are getting the lions share of the resources? I understand subsidizing needs to happen to a certain extent but if you’re running a top program I feel families would be willing to pay the premium across the board. Better product, people will pay more. And if the non-top teams are a better product, I think families would pay more for that as well.

Getting a decent coach shouldn’t be a crap shoot in Travel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t clubs charge more for their top teams since they are getting the lions share of the resources? I understand subsidizing needs to happen to a certain extent but if you’re running a top program I feel families would be willing to pay the premium across the board. Better product, people will pay more. And if the non-top teams are a better product, I think families would pay more for that as well.

Getting a decent coach shouldn’t be a crap shoot in Travel.

This is the way it should be. I would be mad as hell to be paying the same amount if my kid were on the third team and not even having the head coach engaged in training or coming to the games. Or rather I wouldn't pay it at all. I say that as a parent with a child on the top team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t clubs charge more for their top teams since they are getting the lions share of the resources? I understand subsidizing needs to happen to a certain extent but if you’re running a top program I feel families would be willing to pay the premium across the board. Better product, people will pay more. And if the non-top teams are a better product, I think families would pay more for that as well.

Getting a decent coach shouldn’t be a crap shoot in Travel.

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The difference in what you get is shocking. In the younger years the top team might get three practices a week, a much more expensive league and a really experienced coach while the lower teams will get two practices a week, a cheaper league and a new coach. All for the same crazy price.

[Anonymous]

Stoddert charges the top team more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t clubs charge more for their top teams since they are getting the lions share of the resources? I understand subsidizing needs to happen to a certain extent but if you’re running a top program I feel families would be willing to pay the premium across the board. Better product, people will pay more. And if the non-top teams are a better product, I think families would pay more for that as well.

Getting a decent coach shouldn’t be a crap shoot in Travel.

Because they don't want their top talent to leave for other clubs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why can’t clubs charge more for their top teams since they are getting the lions share of the resources? I understand subsidizing needs to happen to a certain extent but if you’re running a top program I feel families would be willing to pay the premium across the board. Better product, people will pay more. And if the non-top teams are a better product, I think families would pay more for that as well.

Getting a decent coach shouldn’t be a crap shoot in Travel.

Because they don't want their top talent to leave for other clubs.

If the coach is good they would pay. We would pay probably $500- 1000 more for our DC's original coach. He was that good.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why can’t clubs charge more for their top teams since they are getting the lions share of the resources? I understand subsidizing needs to happen to a certain extent but if you’re running a top program I feel families would be willing to pay the premium across the board. Better product, people will pay more. And if the non-top teams are a better product, I think families would pay more for that as well.

Getting a decent coach shouldn’t be a crap shoot in Travel.

Because they don't want their top talent to leave for other clubs.

If the coach is good they would pay. We would pay probably $500- 1000 more for our DC's original coach. He was that good.

Several clubs charge the top team more. In ours it’s to cover an extra day of practice that is required for A team and not B team. The top team also has more team fees due to more tournaments.

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Anonymous wrote:Our sons played Alexandria silver and black (the lower two teams) for a few years. They had several very good coaches, and some good teammates. The problem is that there were some kids on the team whose parents paid for travel, and then didn't make or expect the kids to show up to games or practices. It wasn't an issue of talent, and I don't think it was ASA's fault, really. It may be because there are a lot of rich people in Alexandria who don't care about wasting money on something their kid isn't fully committed to.

Absolutely any club that accepts this behavior deserves blame for not managing the situation. If kids don’t come to practice or games, they sit the next game they show up. If they miss x games unexcused, they are off the team. Use guest players as subs if needed because players will be sitting.

Way to punish the kid for their parent's failure to drive them to practice and games!

This is an issue for our third team and to a lesser extent our second team as well.

Learning starts at home . When you agree to play for the team you become a part of it practices and games. If its the parents not getting them their its their fault. Don't commit if you can't deliver. Its the parents that are raising the kid to think its ok to miss appointments in the future . They are learning its ok to let their teammates and coaches down. Wait til they grow up and miss work and think its ok and wonder why they were fired. Start teaching them and raising them to follow thru with any commitments they have outside of occasional emergencies. If you can't commit to a team don't join one.

Yeah so again. Way to punish the kid for the parents failure. Or maybe there are other things going on that you are unaware of. Maybe the Parent's work schedule changed after they made the commitment and cant always get the kid there on time. Maybe there is a language barrier and the parent doesn't understand the difference between game start time and warmup start time (I suspect this is an issue for a kid on one of our lower teams). Show some compassion.

“Maybe there is a language barrier and the parent doesn't understand the difference between game start time and warmup start time ”. — this is possibly the worst excuse I’ve ever heard. If someone is living here and has a child and can’t decipher time of day and simple directions, but could pay the travel fee in the first place ... yeah, rrriiiiggghhtt ...

You assume there arent scholarships available...
And yes, the parents dont seem to understand a word of English. Trying to communicate with this family took a lot of Google translate and recalling high school foreign language. But again. Compassion. It's a thing.

Even a worse reply. The family is receiving services for FREE and still can’t bother themselves to show up on time. I play with a guy in an adult league who uses google translate. He gets to the games on time for warmups. He uses translate to understand when to be there and respects others. I do not have “compassion” for those that do not respect others and do not honor their commitments. Compassion is for those that are truly suffering, not for those using their differences as an excuse.