Reply to Spring Travel Soccer Tryouts 2018

Forum Index » Soccer

Reply to "Spring Travel Soccer Tryouts 2018"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 10:35 - this particular team is a rec team, so theoretically these families haven't signed anything saying we are their first priority.  So we can't really do anything.

We did have one family drop the team after one season - their daughter literally missed half of the games (after they badgered us to get on the roster) and I think they decided it was too much of a commitment and they were pissing us off.  (They were right.  We were annoyed.)  If you're taking up a roster spot on a team and we turned down other kids so you could play with us, you do need to respect the commitment.

We were on a travel team, and one girl missed nearly every tournament (holiday weekend) because her family liked to travel on holidays.  That bugged me. We were short every tournament because they either didn't read the fine print in the contract they signed, or they just didn't care.

The church thing annoys me because Sunday games are pretty infrequent and I feel like your God will probably understand if you miss church twice a year for soccer.  And these weren't Sunday morning games - these were well into the afternoon.  Go to an earlier service, for Pete's sake.  :-)[/quote]

For some of us, soccer is not the highest priority. We want our kids to play at the highest level and not feel penalized because of their commitment to their faith. Fortunately we have run into teams team/coaches that are flexible. [/quote]

Fine, it doesn't need to be the highest priority but most games are on sundays so play rec and leave the roster spot to a kid who can play.[/quote]

Why?  I want it all, beautiful kids in travel sports, because rec is for poor Latinonkids.  A great career that still gives me flexibility to leave early but something I can brag about.  Ideally my spouse wants the same thing and we are both intensely focused on our goals and if you are inconvenianced by our ambition you are meant to be a nobody anyway.[/quote]

Bragging about your career with those spelling skills?  Rec is for poor Latino kids?  Racist much?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics