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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pure money grab. HS years go by quickly to not play when paying and training so much.[/quote]

I would have to agree with this.  We experienced this one year.  Left our smaller club because they only had 11 players signed up for that age group.  Went to the 2nd team (ECNL-RL) at a bigger club and had a roster of 23 players.  About half of those players had been on a team at the club previously and the other half came from other clubs.  The coach had a pre-season meeting and said that no player was guaranteed playing time and it would be earned based on attendance and performance at practice and games.  The team had a couple of scrimmages to start the season and everyone played in those games.  But as soon as the league games started, the starters (all returning players) seemed to be fixed unless they were injured.  And they played about 80-85% of every game.  So basically 12 players had to share the remaining time which left quite a few players and parents unhappy.  Unfortunately, that's how the entire year went.  Some people left during the year although to the best of my recollection, the club would not refund any money.  Other people (like us) waited until the end of the year and then left.  It was definitely a very frustrating experience and largely, a waste of money for about half of the team.[/quote]

This sounds crap.  23 players is too many in any case, but 21-22 can just about work OK if the coaches are careful with splitting the playing time.  With injuries and absences things will usually work out that only 1 kid, occasionally two has to sit out a game and this can be rotated so everyone misses one.

Then if you give the best 2/3 kids get maybe 75% playing time and the other "starters" get 55-60%, this leaves every kid seeing the field for at least close to half the game.

Coaches who want to play all the starters for 80-85% of the game though - that doesn't work even if the roster is only 19-20 kids.

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