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[quote=dnl8675309][quote=SoccerD][quote=Mannschaft][quote=SoccerD]I've seen emails and letters about this as rumors are flying like wildfire.  Here's what I've recently learned. A friend I know has kids in the program and knows kids on both BRYC boys and girls sides.

Seems like BRYC treachery at an all-time high with Soccer Commissioner Dolansky.  This is ENTIRELY a move to save bottom-of-the-barrel girls ECNL.  They are on probation. The boys program is in good standing and VYS boys is bottom of ECNL-R. It's a joke. Dolansky has gone to ECNL girls and posed the merger -- and it is a merger at the ECNL level. They are creating a new corporation and BRYC ECNL will be gone and called BRAVE (Braddock Road and Vienna ECNL). VYS has already told its membership too. As if this is a done deal. The title of the thread says so, right?

The problem? BRYC's board is illegitimate. They have not had an election since 2019. They are not fully formed even if you ignore the expired terms. And, obviously, they have not gotten approval of the Board, illegitimate or not. The first word any of the paying members got of the secret maneuverings from Dolansky and 2 board members was yesterday. The BRYC Boys TD told Dolansky that VYS is not a good club to partner with/merge with at the ECNL level. Affiliations were preferred. VYS doesn't have the talent and they don't have a surplus of fields. So what are they bringing on the boys side?  Nothing.

So without a Board vote, member disclosure (much less, buy-in), and without a Board at all as they're all past term and operating without quorums, Dolansky hatches a plan anyway for both BRYC ECNL boys and girls. It was not needed or wanted on the boys side. They are run separately, as is ECNL. The notion that somehow the Boys program needs VYS is such a joke.  How someone could completely disregard BRYC ECNL leadership and basically tell them to shut up and take it, and expect that the staff and the talent would be okay is beyond me.  It's insane.

So make no mistake, it's a merger. BRYC ECNL Boys and Girls would be no more. Ethics don't matter. Board by-laws apparently don't matter. I'm guessing COVID will be the excuse. Which also is a crock. This is a dirty deal without any disclosure, support, or sanity. Period. If the talent and staff leave, what makes folks think the license stays?

I hope ECNL sees through this.  Apparently, they've been told. You have to feel bad for BRYC ECNL boys families, in particular. Talk about lighting your multi-year investment on fire. The disinformation on this board acting like "all is well" is laughable.[/quote]

I’m interested in this take. How is getting some new talent a bad thing for existing BRYC coaches and players.  The VYS boys may not be lighting the world on fire, but there are some very talented players, especially at uLittle. I have seen the 2012s play futsal at TSJ, and they were very good.

On the girls’ side, the combined top team should be very strong. [/quote]

I'll take a crack at it. Why merge ECNL? Why change the name and the brand?  Why not affiliate with VYS or Great Falls or others?  And why VYS for boys? Saying there was a good futsal crew won't hold water for the whole club.  Geographically I can see the attraction. But no one was seeking a merger at ECNL for Boys and suddenly, it's done. Does anyone know if they've shared other details. For my family, if my club was merging at any level, that would mean practices in multiple places rather than one. Isn't that what SYC and McLean have done?  How has that worked out?

It certainly is true that the best players will play (or should).  Got to believe that.

What about the possibility of losing the TD and ECNL Director, who have been emasculated (at the risk of using the wrong word)?  Seems like getting their buy-in would have been critical. So you add some good players but maybe not the best, in adding VYS boys, and you lose the staff? Presumably, you lose players as a result (some say, not the stars?).  Who coaches?  What is their vision?  VYS takes over?  Does ECNL pull the license as a result?

I'm spinning here.  But those were my first thoughts to your question.[/quote]

Not a shit stirrer? Your lead sentence starts with "treachery" and continues downhill from there. Move on. This is not your club, not your circus.  Get over it. The boys will continue to be competitive, the girls will get stronger. The boys coaches are truly professionals, smart and well liked - and it's up to them how they want to proceed. It's not your concern. I am a parent, I am a paying member and I couldn't be happier with this idea. I've had two kids at BRYC over the years - boy and girl. Supporting expanding access to talent is the only way to compete against club who have ALREADY successfully practiced a similar model. The entire program will benefit in the long run. Stay out of it. Go find your own circus to shit stir in. [/quote]

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