What do you think of the kids on Scholarship?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s appalling that a club, coach, or team manager releases information on who got a scholarship. And if a parent knows about it, he/she should not disclose this information either.

This information has to be safeguarded. It’s private information.

Parents should not care who pays vs who is on scholarship.

Wrong a parent should most definitely know where their money is going and to whom. Especially in a nonprofit like almost all travel clubs are. If you want to sponsor a kid great. Do it privately out of your pocket. Don't expect the team members to eat the cost. maybe asked the coach deduct it from his salary? There is a fine line between need and want and transparency is important here.

I think knowing that part of your and other’s fees goes to a club wide scholarship fund is fine. Knowing exactly who received monies out of that fund is not your business. All you need to concern yourself primarily with is, is your kid getting your money’s worth? If so, then stop complaining. If not, then move your kid onto another team.

Agreed and nicely said. What you said is no different than paying for State/Federal taxes and college tuition. We know a certain percent goes to the poor but not who.

[Anonymous]

They love scholarships at Alexandria. If a kid receives free or reduced lunch at school, they qualify for at least a partial scholarship, if not full, regardless of their soccer abilities. The whole model of the club is based on providing access to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status. Underprivileged kids get opportunities they otherwise wouldn't, affluent parents get warm and fuzzies that they are enabling those less fortunate to have access to high quality extracurricular activities (and getting little Johnny out of his affluenza bubble), and the executive director has a bonus structure that is most likely at least partly based on number of unique participants in each of the club's programs. Truly a win for all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They love scholarships at Alexandria. If a kid receives free or reduced lunch at school, they qualify for at least a partial scholarship, if not full, regardless of their soccer abilities. The whole model of the club is based on providing access to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status. Underprivileged kids get opportunities they otherwise wouldn't, affluent parents get warm and fuzzies that they are enabling those less fortunate to have access to high quality extracurricular activities (and getting little Johnny out of his affluenza bubble), and the executive director has a bonus structure that is most likely at least partly based on number of unique participants in each of the club's programs. Truly a win for all!

Are you saying that a kid that has never played soccer before is able to be on a travel team and get a full/partial scholarship? My understanding is that a kid as to make a team via tryouts first before applying for scholarship. This is how MoCo soccer clubs do. I don’t know how NoVa clubs does it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They love scholarships at Alexandria. If a kid receives free or reduced lunch at school, they qualify for at least a partial scholarship, if not full, regardless of their soccer abilities. The whole model of the club is based on providing access to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status. Underprivileged kids get opportunities they otherwise wouldn't, affluent parents get warm and fuzzies that they are enabling those less fortunate to have access to high quality extracurricular activities (and getting little Johnny out of his affluenza bubble), and the executive director has a bonus structure that is most likely at least partly based on number of unique participants in each of the club's programs. Truly a win for all!

They spend less on scholarships than they do on the executive director. Maybe if they weren’t paying that obscene of a salary more kids could actually afford to play. Their is no altruism there, just smoke, mirrors and fraud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They love scholarships at Alexandria. If a kid receives free or reduced lunch at school, they qualify for at least a partial scholarship, if not full, regardless of their soccer abilities. The whole model of the club is based on providing access to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status. Underprivileged kids get opportunities they otherwise wouldn't, affluent parents get warm and fuzzies that they are enabling those less fortunate to have access to high quality extracurricular activities (and getting little Johnny out of his affluenza bubble), and the executive director has a bonus structure that is most likely at least partly based on number of unique participants in each of the club's programs. Truly a win for all!

Are you saying that a kid that has never played soccer before is able to be on a travel team and get a full/partial scholarship? My understanding is that a kid as to make a team via tryouts first before applying for scholarship. This is how MoCo soccer clubs do. I don’t know how NoVa clubs does it.

This ideal is applicable for every program offering in the club- including rec.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They love scholarships at Alexandria. If a kid receives free or reduced lunch at school, they qualify for at least a partial scholarship, if not full, regardless of their soccer abilities. The whole model of the club is based on providing access to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status. Underprivileged kids get opportunities they otherwise wouldn't, affluent parents get warm and fuzzies that they are enabling those less fortunate to have access to high quality extracurricular activities (and getting little Johnny out of his affluenza bubble), and the executive director has a bonus structure that is most likely at least partly based on number of unique participants in each of the club's programs. Truly a win for all!

They spend less on scholarships than they do on the executive director. Maybe if they weren’t paying that obscene of a salary more kids could actually afford to play. Their is no altruism there, just smoke, mirrors and fraud.

I was actually quite shocked it took this long for someone to bring up Alexandria's director.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They love scholarships at Alexandria. If a kid receives free or reduced lunch at school, they qualify for at least a partial scholarship, if not full, regardless of their soccer abilities. The whole model of the club is based on providing access to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status. Underprivileged kids get opportunities they otherwise wouldn't, affluent parents get warm and fuzzies that they are enabling those less fortunate to have access to high quality extracurricular activities (and getting little Johnny out of his affluenza bubble), and the executive director has a bonus structure that is most likely at least partly based on number of unique participants in each of the club's programs. Truly a win for all!

They spend less on scholarships than they do on the executive director. Maybe if they weren’t paying that obscene of a salary more kids could actually afford to play. Their is no altruism there, just smoke, mirrors and fraud.

I was actually quite shocked it took this long for someone to bring up Alexandria's director.

I wouldn’t mention Alexandria or Executive director because this whole threat will be taken down. That guy has a lot of power and no one can dare talk about his finances

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They love scholarships at Alexandria. If a kid receives free or reduced lunch at school, they qualify for at least a partial scholarship, if not full, regardless of their soccer abilities. The whole model of the club is based on providing access to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status. Underprivileged kids get opportunities they otherwise wouldn't, affluent parents get warm and fuzzies that they are enabling those less fortunate to have access to high quality extracurricular activities (and getting little Johnny out of his affluenza bubble), and the executive director has a bonus structure that is most likely at least partly based on number of unique participants in each of the club's programs. Truly a win for all!

They spend less on scholarships than they do on the executive director. Maybe if they weren’t paying that obscene of a salary more kids could actually afford to play. Their is no altruism there, just smoke, mirrors and fraud.

And yet, they do give out more scholarship money than any other club in this area, and their non-scholarship per player travel fees are no higher to other comparable clubs which also offer all professional coaches. I don't know how they do it, but they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They love scholarships at Alexandria. If a kid receives free or reduced lunch at school, they qualify for at least a partial scholarship, if not full, regardless of their soccer abilities. The whole model of the club is based on providing access to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status. Underprivileged kids get opportunities they otherwise wouldn't, affluent parents get warm and fuzzies that they are enabling those less fortunate to have access to high quality extracurricular activities (and getting little Johnny out of his affluenza bubble), and the executive director has a bonus structure that is most likely at least partly based on number of unique participants in each of the club's programs. Truly a win for all!

They spend less on scholarships than they do on the executive director. Maybe if they weren’t paying that obscene of a salary more kids could actually afford to play. Their is no altruism there, just smoke, mirrors and fraud.

And yet, they do give out more scholarship money than any other club in this area, and their non-scholarship per player travel fees are no higher to other comparable clubs which also offer all professional coaches. I don't know how they do it, but they do.

That’s not really true, but believe all the fake news you want. We all know that Tommy and Alexandria like to hang out here and do anonymous self-promoting. The positive side to this is that maybe it distracts them from devising new and interesting ways to exploit the community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They love scholarships at Alexandria. If a kid receives free or reduced lunch at school, they qualify for at least a partial scholarship, if not full, regardless of their soccer abilities. The whole model of the club is based on providing access to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status. Underprivileged kids get opportunities they otherwise wouldn't, affluent parents get warm and fuzzies that they are enabling those less fortunate to have access to high quality extracurricular activities (and getting little Johnny out of his affluenza bubble), and the executive director has a bonus structure that is most likely at least partly based on number of unique participants in each of the club's programs. Truly a win for all!

They spend less on scholarships than they do on the executive director. Maybe if they weren’t paying that obscene of a salary more kids could actually afford to play. Their is no altruism there, just smoke, mirrors and fraud.

And yet, they do give out more scholarship money than any other club in this area, and their non-scholarship per player travel fees are no higher to other comparable clubs which also offer all professional coaches. I don't know how they do it, but they do.

That’s not really true, but believe all the fake news you want. We all know that Tommy and Alexandria like to hang out here and do anonymous self-promoting. The positive side to this is that maybe it distracts them from devising new and interesting ways to exploit the community.

I'm not Tommy or anyone else affiliated with Alexandria.

If you believe anything I wrote is not true, please provide facts to support your claim.

I made two assertions.

#1: They give out more scholarship money than any other club in this area.

Please tell us which club gives out more.

#2: Their non-scholarship per player travel fees are comparable to other clubs (not counting clubs with parent coaches).

Please provide facts about how their fees compare to clubs like Arlington, McLean, LMVSC, BRYC, SYC, SYA, or any other similar club you want.

If you can't provide facts, you have nothing to contribute other than the obvious fact that you are mad that Tommy makes more money than you do, and he probably really likes his job, and you really hate yours, and maybe your kid isn't as good as you wish or think he was, .... In other words you come off as a generally unhappy person who's obsessed with bashing Alexandria.

Back it up or STFU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s appalling that a club, coach, or team manager releases information on who got a scholarship. And if a parent knows about it, he/she should not disclose this information either.

This information has to be safeguarded. It’s private information.

Parents should not care who pays vs who is on scholarship.

Wrong a parent should most definitely know where their money is going and to whom. Especially in a nonprofit like almost all travel clubs are. If you want to sponsor a kid great. Do it privately out of your pocket. Don't expect the team members to eat the cost. maybe asked the coach deduct it from his salary? There is a fine line between need and want and transparency is important here.

I think knowing that part of your and other’s fees goes to a club wide scholarship fund is fine. Knowing exactly who received monies out of that fund is not your business. All you need to concern yourself primarily with is, is your kid getting your money’s worth? If so, then stop complaining. If not, then move your kid onto another team.

This should be the beginning and end of the entire debate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s appalling that a club, coach, or team manager releases information on who got a scholarship. And if a parent knows about it, he/she should not disclose this information either.

This information has to be safeguarded. It’s private information.

Parents should not care who pays vs who is on scholarship.

Wrong a parent should most definitely know where their money is going and to whom. Especially in a nonprofit like almost all travel clubs are. If you want to sponsor a kid great. Do it privately out of your pocket. Don't expect the team members to eat the cost. maybe asked the coach deduct it from his salary? There is a fine line between need and want and transparency is important here.

I think knowing that part of your and other’s fees goes to a club wide scholarship fund is fine. Knowing exactly who received monies out of that fund is not your business. All you need to concern yourself primarily with is, is your kid getting your money’s worth? If so, then stop complaining. If not, then move your kid onto another team.

This should be the beginning and end of the entire debate.

+1000. Case closed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They love scholarships at Alexandria. If a kid receives free or reduced lunch at school, they qualify for at least a partial scholarship, if not full, regardless of their soccer abilities. The whole model of the club is based on providing access to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status. Underprivileged kids get opportunities they otherwise wouldn't, affluent parents get warm and fuzzies that they are enabling those less fortunate to have access to high quality extracurricular activities (and getting little Johnny out of his affluenza bubble), and the executive director has a bonus structure that is most likely at least partly based on number of unique participants in each of the club's programs. Truly a win for all!

They spend less on scholarships than they do on the executive director. Maybe if they weren’t paying that obscene of a salary more kids could actually afford to play. Their is no altruism there, just smoke, mirrors and fraud.

And yet, they do give out more scholarship money than any other club in this area, and their non-scholarship per player travel fees are no higher to other comparable clubs which also offer all professional coaches. I don't know how they do it, but they do.

That’s not really true, but believe all the fake news you want. We all know that Tommy and Alexandria like to hang out here and do anonymous self-promoting. The positive side to this is that maybe it distracts them from devising new and interesting ways to exploit the community.

I'm not Tommy or anyone else affiliated with Alexandria.

If you believe anything I wrote is not true, please provide facts to support your claim.

I made two assertions.

#1: They give out more scholarship money than any other club in this area.

Please tell us which club gives out more.

#2: Their non-scholarship per player travel fees are comparable to other clubs (not counting clubs with parent coaches).

Please provide facts about how their fees compare to clubs like Arlington, McLean, LMVSC, BRYC, SYC, SYA, or any other similar club you want.

If you can't provide facts, you have nothing to contribute other than the obvious fact that you are mad that Tommy makes more money than you do, and he probably really likes his job, and you really hate yours, and maybe your kid isn't as good as you wish or think he was, .... In other words you come off as a generally unhappy person who's obsessed with bashing Alexandria.

Back it up or STFU.

Shouldn’t you be supporting your claims? It seems that unsubstantiated statements made by an anonymous poster. Should not be assumed to be fact. I mean back it up or STFU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They love scholarships at Alexandria. If a kid receives free or reduced lunch at school, they qualify for at least a partial scholarship, if not full, regardless of their soccer abilities. The whole model of the club is based on providing access to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status. Underprivileged kids get opportunities they otherwise wouldn't, affluent parents get warm and fuzzies that they are enabling those less fortunate to have access to high quality extracurricular activities (and getting little Johnny out of his affluenza bubble), and the executive director has a bonus structure that is most likely at least partly based on number of unique participants in each of the club's programs. Truly a win for all!

They spend less on scholarships than they do on the executive director. Maybe if they weren’t paying that obscene of a salary more kids could actually afford to play. Their is no altruism there, just smoke, mirrors and fraud.

And yet, they do give out more scholarship money than any other club in this area, and their non-scholarship per player travel fees are no higher to other comparable clubs which also offer all professional coaches. I don't know how they do it, but they do.

That’s not really true, but believe all the fake news you want. We all know that Tommy and Alexandria like to hang out here and do anonymous self-promoting. The positive side to this is that maybe it distracts them from devising new and interesting ways to exploit the community.

I'm not Tommy or anyone else affiliated with Alexandria.

If you believe anything I wrote is not true, please provide facts to support your claim.

I made two assertions.

#1: They give out more scholarship money than any other club in this area.

Please tell us which club gives out more.

#2: Their non-scholarship per player travel fees are comparable to other clubs (not counting clubs with parent coaches).

Please provide facts about how their fees compare to clubs like Arlington, McLean, LMVSC, BRYC, SYC, SYA, or any other similar club you want.

If you can't provide facts, you have nothing to contribute other than the obvious fact that you are mad that Tommy makes more money than you do, and he probably really likes his job, and you really hate yours, and maybe your kid isn't as good as you wish or think he was, .... In other words you come off as a generally unhappy person who's obsessed with bashing Alexandria.

Back it up or STFU.

its pretty obvious your affiliated with Alexandria no need to lie about it. You either work in the office or are a coach to back up Tommy this hard. I’m sure that bonus he gives you blurs your might vision of him

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s appalling that a club, coach, or team manager releases information on who got a scholarship. And if a parent knows about it, he/she should not disclose this information either.

This information has to be safeguarded. It’s private information.

Parents should not care who pays vs who is on scholarship.

I'm not sure you understand how this all works. There are club fees, then team fees, then your individual expenses. Clubs provide scholarships for the club fees - the oft-discussed 3K a year or so. Then there are team fees - Team X is going to these tournaments, which cost Y, coach's travel will cost Z, and so on. Those are the responsibility of the 18 or so players on the roster. And then there is individual costs - hotel rooms, plane tickets, uniforms, etc.

If a player is on scholarship for Club fees (3K), he/she will not be able to afford the team and individual costs. And it is up to those 18 or so families to pay it . So yes, everyone knows, because it is a practical matter for the team to deal with. Some folks kick in directly with cash, others pay for meals and such, and other complain about the kids on scholarship. It is usually folks for whom a travel sport is a luxury and who are making sacrifices to allow their kid to play, but are not getting any assistance.