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Anonymous wrote:My philosophy on this question is if we can afford it (which we can right now), to continue to support all the small businesses in our area as we would if COVID had not hit--club included. A 'club' is not an amorphous being as its being made out to be on these boards.

It's made up of the hard working coaches that my kid loves, the underpaid 'admin' who coordinates all the communications and schedules, etc.

Sure, they may not be providing an immediate service--but it's not their fault (it's not like this is in their control), and I am playing the long game at this point.

Sure, could I pay for some private lessons for the same price--I guess. But if I am going to pay anway, I'd rather pay to keep the club afloat than a sub contractor to train my kid for the next few months.

Its the same approach I am taking to all other servcies- child care, house cleaning etc. None of them have provided a service to me across the past few months, but all have been paid. I have shelled out far more for 'no service' in these areas than for spring soccer. Continuing to support services and people in my local community means there will be a set of services in my community to turn to when this is all behind us. We can take the short view and assume they are trying to cheat us out of our money, or we can empathize with the tough financial situation they are all in and realize they are trying to survive--just like many of the large companies who have fired thousands to stay afloat.

To each his own, but let's not get so 'cold' in our thinking that we forget that the 'club' is a compilation of people who reside in our communities. Sure, perhaps they could trim some of the 'fat' out of individual clubs--maybe they don't need to pay the TD as much as they do--but at the end of the day, I want the club to exist in the future. My kid loves the sport.

I am sure there are good people at various clubs, but it is pay to play system. If there are no games to play, there is no point in paying so much. The youth soccer is overpriced as is.

+1. I guess this depends on the team/club your DC belongs to. Can you imagine how you feel if you keep paying/supportIng the team or club, but the club/team has no problem replacing your DC for more talented kids from other clubs?

You can only support a club if you have an offer. I don’t really follow this logic? If I have an offer, how is my kid being replaced?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My philosophy on this question is if we can afford it (which we can right now), to continue to support all the small businesses in our area as we would if COVID had not hit--club included. A 'club' is not an amorphous being as its being made out to be on these boards.

It's made up of the hard working coaches that my kid loves, the underpaid 'admin' who coordinates all the communications and schedules, etc.

Sure, they may not be providing an immediate service--but it's not their fault (it's not like this is in their control), and I am playing the long game at this point.

Sure, could I pay for some private lessons for the same price--I guess. But if I am going to pay anway, I'd rather pay to keep the club afloat than a sub contractor to train my kid for the next few months.

Its the same approach I am taking to all other servcies- child care, house cleaning etc. None of them have provided a service to me across the past few months, but all have been paid. I have shelled out far more for 'no service' in these areas than for spring soccer. Continuing to support services and people in my local community means there will be a set of services in my community to turn to when this is all behind us. We can take the short view and assume they are trying to cheat us out of our money, or we can empathize with the tough financial situation they are all in and realize they are trying to survive--just like many of the large companies who have fired thousands to stay afloat.

To each his own, but let's not get so 'cold' in our thinking that we forget that the 'club' is a compilation of people who reside in our communities. Sure, perhaps they could trim some of the 'fat' out of individual clubs--maybe they don't need to pay the TD as much as they do--but at the end of the day, I want the club to exist in the future. My kid loves the sport.

I am sure there are good people at various clubs, but it is pay to play system. If there are no games to play, there is no point in paying so much. The youth soccer is overpriced as is.

+1. I guess this depends on the team/club your DC belongs to. Can you imagine how you feel if you keep paying/supportIng the team or club, but the club/team has no problem replacing your DC for more talented kids from other clubs?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My philosophy on this question is if we can afford it (which we can right now), to continue to support all the small businesses in our area as we would if COVID had not hit--club included. A 'club' is not an amorphous being as its being made out to be on these boards.

It's made up of the hard working coaches that my kid loves, the underpaid 'admin' who coordinates all the communications and schedules, etc.

Sure, they may not be providing an immediate service--but it's not their fault (it's not like this is in their control), and I am playing the long game at this point.

Sure, could I pay for some private lessons for the same price--I guess. But if I am going to pay anway, I'd rather pay to keep the club afloat than a sub contractor to train my kid for the next few months.

Its the same approach I am taking to all other servcies- child care, house cleaning etc. None of them have provided a service to me across the past few months, but all have been paid. I have shelled out far more for 'no service' in these areas than for spring soccer. Continuing to support services and people in my local community means there will be a set of services in my community to turn to when this is all behind us. We can take the short view and assume they are trying to cheat us out of our money, or we can empathize with the tough financial situation they are all in and realize they are trying to survive--just like many of the large companies who have fired thousands to stay afloat.

To each his own, but let's not get so 'cold' in our thinking that we forget that the 'club' is a compilation of people who reside in our communities. Sure, perhaps they could trim some of the 'fat' out of individual clubs--maybe they don't need to pay the TD as much as they do--but at the end of the day, I want the club to exist in the future. My kid loves the sport.

I am sure there are good people at various clubs, but it is pay to play system. If there are no games to play, there is no point in paying so much. The youth soccer is overpriced as is.

+1. I guess this depends on the team/club your DC belongs to. Can you imagine how you feel if you keep paying/supportIng the team or club, but the club/team has no problem replacing your DC for more talented kids from other clubs?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My philosophy on this question is if we can afford it (which we can right now), to continue to support all the small businesses in our area as we would if COVID had not hit--club included. A 'club' is not an amorphous being as its being made out to be on these boards.

It's made up of the hard working coaches that my kid loves, the underpaid 'admin' who coordinates all the communications and schedules, etc.

Sure, they may not be providing an immediate service--but it's not their fault (it's not like this is in their control), and I am playing the long game at this point.

Sure, could I pay for some private lessons for the same price--I guess. But if I am going to pay anway, I'd rather pay to keep the club afloat than a sub contractor to train my kid for the next few months.

Its the same approach I am taking to all other servcies- child care, house cleaning etc. None of them have provided a service to me across the past few months, but all have been paid. I have shelled out far more for 'no service' in these areas than for spring soccer. Continuing to support services and people in my local community means there will be a set of services in my community to turn to when this is all behind us. We can take the short view and assume they are trying to cheat us out of our money, or we can empathize with the tough financial situation they are all in and realize they are trying to survive--just like many of the large companies who have fired thousands to stay afloat.

To each his own, but let's not get so 'cold' in our thinking that we forget that the 'club' is a compilation of people who reside in our communities. Sure, perhaps they could trim some of the 'fat' out of individual clubs--maybe they don't need to pay the TD as much as they do--but at the end of the day, I want the club to exist in the future. My kid loves the sport.

I am sure there are good people at various clubs, but it is pay to play system. If there are no games to play, there is no point in paying so much. The youth soccer is overpriced as is.

Anonymous wrote:My philosophy on this question is if we can afford it (which we can right now), to continue to support all the small businesses in our area as we would if COVID had not hit--club included. A 'club' is not an amorphous being as its being made out to be on these boards.

It's made up of the hard working coaches that my kid loves, the underpaid 'admin' who coordinates all the communications and schedules, etc.

Sure, they may not be providing an immediate service--but it's not their fault (it's not like this is in their control), and I am playing the long game at this point.

Sure, could I pay for some private lessons for the same price--I guess. But if I am going to pay anway, I'd rather pay to keep the club afloat than a sub contractor to train my kid for the next few months.

Its the same approach I am taking to all other servcies- child care, house cleaning etc. None of them have provided a service to me across the past few months, but all have been paid. I have shelled out far more for 'no service' in these areas than for spring soccer. Continuing to support services and people in my local community means there will be a set of services in my community to turn to when this is all behind us. We can take the short view and assume they are trying to cheat us out of our money, or we can empathize with the tough financial situation they are all in and realize they are trying to survive--just like many of the large companies who have fired thousands to stay afloat.

To each his own, but let's not get so 'cold' in our thinking that we forget that the 'club' is a compilation of people who reside in our communities. Sure, perhaps they could trim some of the 'fat' out of individual clubs--maybe they don't need to pay the TD as much as they do--but at the end of the day, I want the club to exist in the future. My kid loves the sport.

Anonymous wrote:Can we have somebody chime in and vouch that at least 1 of these clubs are being open and honest about the upcoming season. There's just too much information floating around and it's making it difficult for parents to decide if they should commit or not. Me personally, I would hate to commit for the full year, only to find out in August that we will continue with Zoom meetings and online app training until phase 5 which is scheduled when??? With States and counties having their own "reopening plans", there's no telling when these kids will be able to get back on the field and actually play.

Doing private training once or twice a week and sitting out this fall season will be much, much cheaper; and less headaches. Instead of feeding these parents plans on what the club is going to do; and how we are going to do it, let's talk about the "what if's". What if there's no fall season, are you going to stop payments from coming out of our account? What if we go to phase II in June, will you have field access to run small group trainings?