Anonymous
Post 03/09/2026 16:13     Subject: FCYBL Awards
Anonymous wrote:
We only had about 60% of the all-star winners show up at the award ceremony! Shocked that these parents/players did not even care. What is the point of MVC even - he was missing too!


For many, it's a long drive to a short ceremony if your kid's team isn't playing in the championship game.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2026 14:20     Subject: FCYBL Awards

We only had about 60% of the all-star winners show up at the award ceremony! Shocked that these parents/players did not even care. What is the point of MVC even - he was missing too!
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2026 13:50     Subject: FCYBL Awards
Anonymous wrote:The coaches vote for each others kids!

So the have a gentleman’s agreement
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2026 11:15     Subject: FCYBL Awards
The coaches vote for each others kids!
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2026 17:14     Subject: Re:FCYBL Awards
Anonymous wrote:Definitely happened last year for us - Coaches kids got the awards.


Same situation several years ago when my son played in fcybl (tho he did earn an award one year). He quit at 7th grade due to A team vs B team politics and switched to a year round AAU team. Better competition for him too.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2026 12:22     Subject: Re:FCYBL Awards
Definitely happened last year for us - Coaches kids got the awards.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2026 23:05     Subject: FCYBL Awards
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:On our team, the coach’s kid was by far the best player and deserved the award. So I have no issue with that. Last year, when we were on another team, the coach didn’t even nominate his son as he was just an average player on the team.

So yeah, lots of politics. But sometimes the kid if the coach is indeed the best in the team…


FCYBL process is actually pretty fair (in this instance). Coaches nominate players yes, but rest of division coaches have to vote on the selections (most deserving, 2nd most etc.). So consensus across the division usually prevails - all my years doing it, most times results were pretty accurate around better kids in the division. As I recall, top 5 teams could nominate for MVP and all teams could only nominate 2-3 players for consideration.

Yeah but the problem arises when the coach don’t nominate the right kids.

There is a kid at PVI right now, who was clearly the best player on a championship 8th grade Gainesville squad 2 or 3 years ago and he wasn’t nominated by his coach as one of the top players on his team.

I saw some other kids in the division that were slighted too, but I just couldn’t what happened with the Gainesville kid. He should’ve been the MVP of the whole league.


Based on the award winners and coaches names looks like most of the kids nominated were coaches own kids for my kids division...
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2026 08:41     Subject: FCYBL Awards
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:On our team, the coach’s kid was by far the best player and deserved the award. So I have no issue with that. Last year, when we were on another team, the coach didn’t even nominate his son as he was just an average player on the team.

So yeah, lots of politics. But sometimes the kid if the coach is indeed the best in the team…


FCYBL process is actually pretty fair (in this instance). Coaches nominate players yes, but rest of division coaches have to vote on the selections (most deserving, 2nd most etc.). So consensus across the division usually prevails - all my years doing it, most times results were pretty accurate around better kids in the division. As I recall, top 5 teams could nominate for MVP and all teams could only nominate 2-3 players for consideration.

Yeah but the problem arises when the coach don’t nominate the right kids.

There is a kid at PVI right now, who was clearly the best player on a championship 8th grade Gainesville squad 2 or 3 years ago and he wasn’t nominated by his coach as one of the top players on his team.

I saw some other kids in the division that were slighted too, but I just couldn’t what happened with the Gainesville kid. He should’ve been the MVP of the whole league.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2026 12:09     Subject: FCYBL Awards
Anonymous wrote:On our team, the coach’s kid was by far the best player and deserved the award. So I have no issue with that. Last year, when we were on another team, the coach didn’t even nominate his son as he was just an average player on the team.

So yeah, lots of politics. But sometimes the kid if the coach is indeed the best in the team…


FCYBL process is actually pretty fair (in this instance). Coaches nominate players yes, but rest of division coaches have to vote on the selections (most deserving, 2nd most etc.). So consensus across the division usually prevails - all my years doing it, most times results were pretty accurate around better kids in the division. As I recall, top 5 teams could nominate for MVP and all teams could only nominate 2-3 players for consideration.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2026 08:32     Subject: FCYBL Awards
On our team, the coach’s kid was by far the best player and deserved the award. So I have no issue with that. Last year, when we were on another team, the coach didn’t even nominate his son as he was just an average player on the team.

So yeah, lots of politics. But sometimes the kid if the coach is indeed the best in the team…
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2026 22:06     Subject: FCYBL Awards
Notice how many coaches’ kids are selected every year?’ LOL

Anonymous
Post 03/04/2026 22:02     Subject: FCYBL Awards
It’s great for the teams the refuse to have a D1 team, and instead have 2 teams in D2 and vote for each other players.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2026 17:16     Subject: FCYBL Awards
Lots of politics
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2026 15:33     Subject: FCYBL Awards
Every year, there is a ceremony before the championship game for each division.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2026 14:26     Subject: FCYBL Awards
I was wondering if your kids wins the MVP or All League, is there a ceremony this year to attend on the championship game weekend?