Anonymous
04/03/2020 13:38
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Hopefully there can be more cooperation between leagues in the DMV to reduce unnecessary travel and expense. Plenty of good competition locally between all ECNL and DA teams and those below. That would be the best outcome out of all of this!
+100
I pray this is a result.
+1
I'm right there with you. I've never quite understood why I have to travel from Frederick, MD to VA Beach for a soccer game. There's no comparable league/teams between? (rhetorical question)
Anonymous
04/02/2020 22:42
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
Some club teams are going to end up folding.
Anonymous
04/02/2020 22:38
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If the economy softens coming out of the lockdown and people are hesitant to travel to regions where the pandemic is strongest or play teams from that region, will travel soccer suffer. Will the elite travel soccer as we now know it become more of a luxury. If so, how will that shape travel soccer in our region.
Also, how will the lack of the NCAA Basketball tournament impact college sports like soccer? The tournament is a big moneymaker for every conference and without the tens of millions from the tournament, how will soccer programs survive. The economic issues above will also have an impact on ticket sales and donations.
https://www.si.com/college/2020/03/26/ncaa-revenue-losses-march-madness-schools
There have been a number of articles in the last few days discussing the possibility of the Fall college sports season - most notably football from a revenue standpoint - being delayed/shortened, interrupted or fully canceled. Is it possible for Fall college sports to be impacted, but not HS and youth sports? I guess it's possible, but I don't see it. For most FBS schools, college football revenue is roughly 60%-70% of their revenue. If that takes a hit, it will mean cuts to non-revenue college sports and scholarships. It will become much harder to sell the elite leagues and showcases if scholarship money for soccer dries up.
College has gotten out of control with sports and money. I hope all their sports programs collapse after this and they just focus on education.
Get a grip. Sports are central to the college experience. That being said, I agree that things are out of control. College coaches don't need multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts and paying players sounds wrong but that is another discussion. Hopefully things get re-balanced but no way that sports go away.
Anonymous
04/02/2020 22:09
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If the economy softens coming out of the lockdown and people are hesitant to travel to regions where the pandemic is strongest or play teams from that region, will travel soccer suffer. Will the elite travel soccer as we now know it become more of a luxury. If so, how will that shape travel soccer in our region.
Also, how will the lack of the NCAA Basketball tournament impact college sports like soccer? The tournament is a big moneymaker for every conference and without the tens of millions from the tournament, how will soccer programs survive. The economic issues above will also have an impact on ticket sales and donations.
https://www.si.com/college/2020/03/26/ncaa-revenue-losses-march-madness-schools
There have been a number of articles in the last few days discussing the possibility of the Fall college sports season - most notably football from a revenue standpoint - being delayed/shortened, interrupted or fully canceled. Is it possible for Fall college sports to be impacted, but not HS and youth sports? I guess it's possible, but I don't see it. For most FBS schools, college football revenue is roughly 60%-70% of their revenue. If that takes a hit, it will mean cuts to non-revenue college sports and scholarships. It will become much harder to sell the elite leagues and showcases if scholarship money for soccer dries up.
College has gotten out of control with sports and money. I hope all their sports programs collapse after this and they just focus on education.
Anonymous
04/02/2020 20:35
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Hopefully there can be more cooperation between leagues in the DMV to reduce unnecessary travel and expense. Plenty of good competition locally between all ECNL and DA teams and those below. That would be the best outcome out of all of this!
+100
I pray this is a result.
+1
Anonymous
04/02/2020 19:49
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
Anonymous wrote:Hopefully there can be more cooperation between leagues in the DMV to reduce unnecessary travel and expense. Plenty of good competition locally between all ECNL and DA teams and those below. That would be the best outcome out of all of this!
+100
I pray this is a result.
Anonymous
04/02/2020 18:24
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
Anonymous wrote:I don't think people are considering the economic impact. The global, national and local economies will take a huge hit. There are thousands of small businesses that will not be able to restart. This lock down will be the final blow to dozens of national retailers. We may lose an airline. Hell, local governments will struggle. The recovery could last years. You folks are out of touch if you think this will not have an impact on elite travel sports.
I read somewhere that there are close to 300 women's DI soccer programs. I can imagine that some of those programs will get dropped I think programs that are a part of major conferences will survive but their budgets will get hit.
We will nit get back to normal. There will be a new normal.
True, that is why I think you will see a significant decrease in demand to have or be on teams 1-6 for a given age and gender. Not just virus. Unemployment and pay reduction.
Anonymous
04/02/2020 18:22
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
I don't think people are considering the economic impact. The global, national and local economies will take a huge hit. There are thousands of small businesses that will not be able to restart. This lock down will be the final blow to dozens of national retailers. We may lose an airline. Hell, local governments will struggle. The recovery could last years. You folks are out of touch if you think this will not have an impact on elite travel sports.
I read somewhere that there are close to 300 women's DI soccer programs. I can imagine that some of those programs will get dropped I think programs that are a part of major conferences will survive but their budgets will get hit.
We will nit get back to normal. There will be a new normal.
I read somewhere that there are close to 300 women's DI soccer programs. I can imagine that some of those programs will get dropped I think programs that are a part of major conferences will survive but their budgets will get hit.
We will nit get back to normal. There will be a new normal.
Anonymous
04/02/2020 18:11
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The travel soccer you are referring to is already a luxury.
Really it is. Keeping up with the Joneses differs around the country.
A more interesting query is will the cost structure of the high end programs change in response to demand and economics by reducing price, travel, etc. or will it increase the bias towards pay to play.
Time will tell.
Clearly, luxury is implied when I wrote, "more of a luxury."
But I agree with you and hope that elite travel is restructured.
I dunno. The second the elite leagues restart, everyone will forget about this. I don't think a 3 month outage is going to change things one bit.
I agree. I think a lot of parents and kids from less than elite leagues and teams will wait longer or may never come back. The primary impact will be on teams 2-5 or 6 at some clubs. But I have no idea exactly when the leagues and clubs will actually be willing to restart, even if kids can and will play. I think those are two different issues. But then again, I could very well be wrong.
Anonymous
04/02/2020 14:24
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The travel soccer you are referring to is already a luxury.
Really it is. Keeping up with the Joneses differs around the country.
A more interesting query is will the cost structure of the high end programs change in response to demand and economics by reducing price, travel, etc. or will it increase the bias towards pay to play.
Time will tell.
Clearly, luxury is implied when I wrote, "more of a luxury."
But I agree with you and hope that elite travel is restructured.
I dunno. The second the elite leagues restart, everyone will forget about this. I don't think a 3 month outage is going to change things one bit.
Anonymous
04/02/2020 13:57
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
Anonymous wrote:If the economy softens coming out of the lockdown and people are hesitant to travel to regions where the pandemic is strongest or play teams from that region, will travel soccer suffer. Will the elite travel soccer as we now know it become more of a luxury. If so, how will that shape travel soccer in our region.
Also, how will the lack of the NCAA Basketball tournament impact college sports like soccer? The tournament is a big moneymaker for every conference and without the tens of millions from the tournament, how will soccer programs survive. The economic issues above will also have an impact on ticket sales and donations.
https://www.si.com/college/2020/03/26/ncaa-revenue-losses-march-madness-schools
There have been a number of articles in the last few days discussing the possibility of the Fall college sports season - most notably football from a revenue standpoint - being delayed/shortened, interrupted or fully canceled. Is it possible for Fall college sports to be impacted, but not HS and youth sports? I guess it's possible, but I don't see it. For most FBS schools, college football revenue is roughly 60%-70% of their revenue. If that takes a hit, it will mean cuts to non-revenue college sports and scholarships. It will become much harder to sell the elite leagues and showcases if scholarship money for soccer dries up.
Anonymous
04/02/2020 13:42
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
Hopefully there can be more cooperation between leagues in the DMV to reduce unnecessary travel and expense. Plenty of good competition locally between all ECNL and DA teams and those below. That would be the best outcome out of all of this!
Anonymous
04/02/2020 13:15
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
Anonymous wrote:The travel soccer you are referring to is already a luxury.
Really it is. Keeping up with the Joneses differs around the country.
A more interesting query is will the cost structure of the high end programs change in response to demand and economics by reducing price, travel, etc. or will it increase the bias towards pay to play.
Time will tell.
Clearly, luxury is implied when I wrote, "more of a luxury."
But I agree with you and hope that elite travel is restructured.
Anonymous
04/02/2020 12:51
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
The travel soccer you are referring to is already a luxury.
Really it is. Keeping up with the Joneses differs around the country.
A more interesting query is will the cost structure of the high end programs change in response to demand and economics by reducing price, travel, etc. or will it increase the bias towards pay to play.
Time will tell.
Really it is. Keeping up with the Joneses differs around the country.
A more interesting query is will the cost structure of the high end programs change in response to demand and economics by reducing price, travel, etc. or will it increase the bias towards pay to play.
Time will tell.
Anonymous
04/02/2020 12:40
Subject: New Normal and impact on travel soccer
If the economy softens coming out of the lockdown and people are hesitant to travel to regions where the pandemic is strongest or play teams from that region, will travel soccer suffer. Will the elite travel soccer as we now know it become more of a luxury. If so, how will that shape travel soccer in our region.
Also, how will the lack of the NCAA Basketball tournament impact college sports like soccer? The tournament is a big moneymaker for every conference and without the tens of millions from the tournament, how will soccer programs survive. The economic issues above will also have an impact on ticket sales and donations.
https://www.si.com/college/2020/03/26/ncaa-revenue-losses-march-madness-schools
Also, how will the lack of the NCAA Basketball tournament impact college sports like soccer? The tournament is a big moneymaker for every conference and without the tens of millions from the tournament, how will soccer programs survive. The economic issues above will also have an impact on ticket sales and donations.
https://www.si.com/college/2020/03/26/ncaa-revenue-losses-march-madness-schools