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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=FPYCparent]If I am understanding things correctly, per:

https://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/parks-recreation/parks-and-trails/amenities/athletic-fields-and-gymnasiums

The City of Fairfax owns the fields (including those at city-owned schools) and not Fairfax County.  If anything, FPYC is a user/client thereof.  I wouldn't know if FPYC gets any preferential treatment.  As far as I know, it's all first-come, first served when paid reservations are made.  Could the club prioritize its requests?  Sure!  Do they?  I have no idea.  Maybe the Irish Football lobby within the organization has a little more sway than the Soccer lobby.  Perhaps someone decreed back when the club was established back in 1963 that soccer teams would be considered last for everything.

I would love of the club to get access to fields at GMU.  However, I think that'll have to wait until I make my $10M donation.  :)

In any event, this team still manages to get in three practices a week during the outdoor seasons.  For now, all of the practices are on grass and the home games are on turf.  The summer camp in August will be at one of the turf fields.[/quote]

Yes,  all of the fields in Fairfax City are Fairfax City fields.

No,  athletic field space (county or city) is not just awarded on a first come first served basis.  Non profit youth clubs get 1st priority, and reduced rates.  With respect to Ffx City fields specifically, the city doesn't even accept other reservations until FPYC has said what it is going to use.

Additionally the club paid part of the cost for the turf fields at Stafford and Draper (that's where al lot of that All-Star tourney $$ goes), so they are much more than just another user.

Within the club the allocation of field space between the different sports is decided by the president / board of directors.  Each sport then allocates its share among its teams as the directors of those sports see fit.

The problem for FPYC is that none of the near-bye competing travel programs deal with the same field policies.  And it matters.  Your statement that your daughter's team still gets 3 practices per week is not true.  Ffx City grass fields are closed all the time.  How many practices got cancelled for you last fall?  How many weeks did you actually get 3 practices in, and how many only 2, or 1, or none at all?   And by mid-Oct you were losing daylight and practices were cut short.  And by Nov when the girls are trying to get ready for a post-season tournament, then what?  Fighting for a sliver of space at Draper with all the rec all-star teams?

Well guess what all of your DD's teams competitors were doing during all of those nights off?  Practicing, and getting better.

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Seems like FPYC has alot of issues to fix. Maybe they should drop drop travel soccer and just stick to REC and other sports. Enough clubs around to take remaining players.[/quote]

The parent who actually has a player on an FPYC team is fine with it. If there are some competitive teams with players who are happy at the club, why should the club drop travel at the suggestion of anonymous?[/quote]

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