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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ because of what has happened to the sport I loved.  The travel has gotten out of control.  It’s more exclusionary than ever.  I get tired of hearing parents never play the sport act like driving to “Beach” will make their kid a National team player.

The time wasted on the Interstate as big as the DMV given the amount of talent in a 44 minute radius (1 hour tops) radius is just insane.  It’s killing the sport for young kids.

But parents will sign up and pay big bucks for the abuse and highway to nowhere.

I’m angry because all of the local/closest choice Clubs for us are some of the biggest travelers.  The sport got away from being about the kids to making it a lucrative business for adults selling snake oil.

I’m waiting for the pendulum to swing.  Sigh.  So this is where I vent.[/quote]

+1.  well said.  you are not alone.  i could have written your post.  that other poster who started the name calling is one of the dumb parents who buy in.  CCL next year is a watered down 3rd tier league. drink the Kool-Aid CCL fans on your drives to Williamsburg to play the shitty Legacy.

NCSL is a reasonable balance for those who want travel soccer outside DA or ECNL.  ccl fans should just stop pretending that playing in that league with its driving is worth anything.[/quote]

I'm another who is with you. I think there are a bunch of us on DCUM who see the harm CCL and the proliferation of leagues has caused. I've wondered if there is anything to be done. Maybe we need to organize into some kind of soccer parent union to have negotiating power. [/quote]

I remember travelling with my dad to his soccer games in central PA in the 70s:  at that time (and place), you really did have to drive 40 miles to find the next team.

Here, with the population density and number of "travel" clubs around here, no kid who's not in a DA should be spending more than 15 minutes in a car to get to practice and 30 minutes for regular season games.  Even that is generous:  my son could play a 5-a-side just with the "travel" kids within walking distance, but they are spread across 8 different teams at 4 different clubs.

I really think this is a case of the tail (league organizers, clubs and wannabe gulatis) wagging the dog (kids who need to be practicing more and driving less).  [/quote]

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