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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone give a TLDR? I swear I’ve read this thread from page 1 and I’m still lost. Now there’s a TRO? Against the new club?[/quote]

Two years ago, Tom Walsh’s Brookland FC (BFC) entered a two-year partnership with DCSC to expand opportunities for the NE-based club he founded and developed. DCSC overpromised and underdelivered. About a year ago, Tom began experiencing workplace harassment, which DCSC seemingly failed to address appropriately.

With his contract set to expire at the end of this season, Tom notified DCSC months ago that he did not intend to renew—based on multiple factors, including DCSC’s broken promises and the ongoing harassment—and planned to leave with the NE families who had followed him there. DCSC pushed back.

Following legal negotiations, Tom agreed to delay tryouts for his new club, Brookland Athletic Club (BAC), until late May. But on the day of tryouts, DCSC filed for—and was granted—a temporary restraining order, blocking BAC from proceeding. Kids were literally showing up ready to try out, and Tom was left to explain the situation to confused and frustrated parents on the spot. That TRO has since been extended to August 19.

Anyone familiar with travel soccer knows the seasonal year begins August 1. By August 19, players need to be rostered and practices should already be underway. This TRO is making that impossible. The kids are the ones being hurt—caught in the middle of DCSC’s power grab. It’s shameful.[/quote]

Did Tom agree to a non-compete?  Presumably the judge would have found that there with a likelihood that DCSC would succeed on the merits if he or she granted the TRO.  It would not be surprising if one of the conditions of the original merger agreement was that Tom couldn't just leave and start another soccer club that competed with DCSC.

(Also small note:  based on Tom's official complaint, the harassment is not ongoing.  He says it stops after the original complaint to DCSC and he received an apology and agreement to change behavior.  The ongoing aspect of his complaint is that he had to continue to work with the person who he has accused of harassment (albeit he was promoted out of her line of authority).)[/quote]

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