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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VYSA Club meetings have been going on around the state, and they mentioned that US Soccer is doing a "retreat" on 10.22. They are surely talking about this there. It came up in our group session and quite clearly the VYSA President is in favor of SY. A couple of administrators were talking to him afterward and I was close enough to get the impression that a lot of people at the clubs are opposed to the change but the message did not seem to be getting through to VYSA leadership, during the meeting or afterward. The general feeling is that travel soccer is not a social experience with kids from your class at school like rec soccer is (which does not mean there are no friendships or social involvements, just that you're not as likely to have your school BFF on your travel team as you are in rec) and that either way, you still have a kid 12 months older than another kid on the team, whether it is January and December or August and July, and this just shakes things up for no obvious benefit at the travel level.[/quote]

At the club level, I'd be curious if there's some disconnect between those who have an equity interest in the club and those who don't.  If they do, they might be thinking a potential increase in kids over the long run means more money for them.  If they don't, they may be thinking this is nothing but a headache for them running a bigger tryout and dealing with complaining parents.  [/quote]

you realize most clubs operate as a non-profit and therefore don't have an equity interest[/quote]

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