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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Current parents are also in the dark as to what is happening from a coaching standpoint and with the status of the team rosters. They probably don’t want to get into the refund issues being raised, but staying completely silent won’t work to their benefit in the long run.[/quote]

I could see refund issues with Rec and Travel, but ECNL is shut up and pay so not seeing how refunds are holding up the process.[/quote]

When rec funds pay travel coaches you’ll see how they are connected. [/quote]

ECNL fees pay well beyond the ECNL coaching salaries.  That's why large rosters are considered a money making grab.  The club doesn't reduce fees in proportion to the amount of players as the number of coaches remains the same, nor does it give the coach the additional difference in fees as a salary boost.  There's no incentive for the club to do that--or any club.  If refunds is the answer MYS is giving for not having a coaching slate by now, then you're not getting the full story.    [/quote]

Ok. See how long a club of just ECNL teams lasts. [/quote]
We are talking about McLean here which has rec and non-ECNL travel programs.[/quote]

Yep.  It's an interesting point if the poster means that the club is really fielding only top teams this fall.  The question is how much of a contraction we will see among parents and kids who are not soccer-committed.  Probably a lot bigger than fallout for top tier kids.  All of it is beside the point if these clubs aren't cross-subsidizing their elite teams with revenue from rec and other travel teams, and have sufficient revenue from elite teams to cover fixed costs plus coaches, league and field fees.  A lot of bigger clubs allegedly use rec to cross-subsidize travel.  I don't know enough to say whether's its true.  It's been alleged in other threads.[/quote]

An interesting distinction.  Is McLean not considering fielding regular travel teams this Fall and only doing ECNL?[/quote]

This seems to be the reason coaches aren't being announced.  The need to carry heavy ECNL rosters in order to financially support other programs seems like a foregone conclusion. [/quote]

Again a wrong assumption. ECNL does not fund the club. The rest of the club funds ECNL. A rec program with little to zero overhead is a cash cow that trickles up, not the other way around.

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