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Anonymous wrote:What, that's bizarre, no bathrooms? The soccer league needs to pay for a port a potty at least. You can't schedule childrens games at places with no bathroom. Even our lowly rec league doesn't do that.

agree. I am a little shocked they use the school facilities, but can't use the bathroom. WTH?

The school buildings are general locked at the times MSI uses the fields for games. The games are 1 hour long. I have had issues with toddler siblings needing a bathroom, but never with the actual players (or adults for that matter). Practices are often at school buildings after school, at which times the school buildings are often open with people going in and out and kids can use the bathroom and water fountain if needed (and in my experience frequently do). If the games/practices are in parks without bathrooms, well, those are parks that were built without bathrooms. Some do have porta pottys, but my kids are the kind that as soon as they see the porta potty, they suddenly don't have to go anymore No one wants to use porta pottys.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you all realize MSI has been playing there for years with no bathrooms? Where was your outrage then?

Most MSI games are played at fields that have no access to bathrooms. Schools are generally closed during games, and some are played at local parks with no bathroom facilities.

It's still illegal. MSI is a business with employees who work these games. Employees are entitled to bathroom facilities.

MSI is nuts! You know they don't even pay the coaches for Rec. One year, we had a fantastic coach because we didn't have a parent, and come to find out, he wasn't even getting paid! Parents chipped in and were very generous.

But, it's not like MSI is a charity. People are making money off these volunteer coaches. WTF?

"MSI is a non-profit youth soccer organization that promotes youth soccer in Montgomery County. MSI emphasizes each child's enjoyment, personal growth, skill development and team experience through excellent leadership, fair play and good sportsmanship." https://www.msisoccer.org/Default.aspx? tabid=387734

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Anonymous wrote:What, that's bizarre, no bathrooms? The soccer league needs to pay for a port a potty at least. You can't schedule childrens games at places with no bathroom. Even our lowly rec league doesn't do that.

agree. I am a little shocked they use the school facilities, but can't use the bathroom. WTH?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you all realize MSI has been playing there for years with no bathrooms? Where was your outrage then?

Most MSI games are played at fields that have no access to bathrooms. Schools are generally closed during games, and some are played at local parks with no bathroom facilities.

It's still illegal. MSI is a business with employees who work these games. Employees are entitled to bathroom facilities.

MSI is nuts! You know they don't even pay the coaches for Rec. One year, we had a fantastic coach because we didn't have a parent, and come to find out, he wasn't even getting paid! Parents chipped in and were very generous.

But, it's not like MSI is a charity. People are making money off these volunteer coaches. WTF?

Anonymous wrote:What, that's bizarre, no bathrooms? The soccer league needs to pay for a port a potty at least. You can't schedule childrens games at places with no bathroom. Even our lowly rec league doesn't do that.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Do you all realize MSI has been playing there for years with no bathrooms? Where was your outrage then?

Most MSI games are played at fields that have no access to bathrooms. Schools are generally closed during games, and some are played at local parks with no bathroom facilities.

It's still illegal. MSI is a business with employees who work these games. Employees are entitled to bathroom facilities.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you all realize MSI has been playing there for years with no bathrooms? Where was your outrage then?

Most MSI games are played at fields that have no access to bathrooms. Schools are generally closed during games, and some are played at local parks with no bathroom facilities.

It's still illegal. MSI is a business with employees who work these games. Employees are entitled to bathroom facilities.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what is going on between MCPS and the City of Rockville? The fields are ready, however, MSI is not allowed to use them. A note from the MSI director to coaches:

If you are receiving this email, it is because there has been a change to your schedule for this coming weekend, September 28/29. Please go to the MSI website to view your updated schedule (posted just this afternoon).

Construction of MSI's 4 new fields at Julius West MS has been completed now for a couple of weeks, but City of Rockville continues to withhold permission for use of the fields, due to an ongoing disagreement with MCPS. Julius West MS students are enjoying all the benefits of these new playing surfaces, but unfortunately the players and families of MSI are "collateral damage". There is a meeting scheduled tomorrow between those two entities, after which we will know whether we need to reschedule the entire rest of the season's games that currently are scheduled at Julius West MS (which may or may not involve your teams). This effort will bring the number of rescheduled games to approximately 500 games that could not be played on the new fields this season, while the fields sit ready for kids to enjoy them, an administrative effort that has been as difficult on MSI staff and referees as it has been inconvenient for MSI families. We apologize for all this, and hope our public leaders will come to a resolution, soon.

Thanks for your understanding.

Anyone care to share any insight?

Wow, that's ballsy of MSI. How ridiculous.

MSI is terrible.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what is going on between MCPS and the City of Rockville? The fields are ready, however, MSI is not allowed to use them. A note from the MSI director to coaches:

If you are receiving this email, it is because there has been a change to your schedule for this coming weekend, September 28/29. Please go to the MSI website to view your updated schedule (posted just this afternoon).

Construction of MSI's 4 new fields at Julius West MS has been completed now for a couple of weeks, but City of Rockville continues to withhold permission for use of the fields, due to an ongoing disagreement with MCPS. Julius West MS students are enjoying all the benefits of these new playing surfaces, but unfortunately the players and families of MSI are "collateral damage". There is a meeting scheduled tomorrow between those two entities, after which we will know whether we need to reschedule the entire rest of the season's games that currently are scheduled at Julius West MS (which may or may not involve your teams). This effort will bring the number of rescheduled games to approximately 500 games that could not be played on the new fields this season, while the fields sit ready for kids to enjoy them, an administrative effort that has been as difficult on MSI staff and referees as it has been inconvenient for MSI families. We apologize for all this, and hope our public leaders will come to a resolution, soon.

Thanks for your understanding.

Anyone care to share any insight?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you all realize MSI has been playing there for years with no bathrooms? Where was your outrage then?

Most MSI games are played at fields that have no access to bathrooms. Schools are generally closed during games, and some are played at local parks with no bathroom facilities.

Anonymous wrote:Do you all realize MSI has been playing there for years with no bathrooms? Where was your outrage then?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what is going on between MCPS and the City of Rockville? The fields are ready, however, MSI is not allowed to use them. A note from the MSI director to coaches:

If you are receiving this email, it is because there has been a change to your schedule for this coming weekend, September 28/29. Please go to the MSI website to view your updated schedule (posted just this afternoon).

Construction of MSI's 4 new fields at Julius West MS has been completed now for a couple of weeks, but City of Rockville continues to withhold permission for use of the fields, due to an ongoing disagreement with MCPS. Julius West MS students are enjoying all the benefits of these new playing surfaces, but unfortunately the players and families of MSI are "collateral damage". There is a meeting scheduled tomorrow between those two entities, after which we will know whether we need to reschedule the entire rest of the season's games that currently are scheduled at Julius West MS (which may or may not involve your teams). This effort will bring the number of rescheduled games to approximately 500 games that could not be played on the new fields this season, while the fields sit ready for kids to enjoy them, an administrative effort that has been as difficult on MSI staff and referees as it has been inconvenient for MSI families. We apologize for all this, and hope our public leaders will come to a resolution, soon.

Thanks for your understanding.

Thank you, MSI. Your donation is well appreciated. However, MCPS is covering the maintenance cost which is not cheap.
Anyone care to share any insight?

Annual maitenance of the two Julius West Middle School artificial turf soccer fields installed for MSI Soccer will cost the MCPS Operating Budget $20,000 per year. MSI Soccer is not paying for maintenance, clean up, repairs or removal when the fields are used up in 7 years.

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Anonymous wrote:No bathrooms at most of the places MSI plays. The schools are usually locked. Sometimes at the high schools like Einstein or Whitman they will have the nearby bathrooms unlocked but not always.
I agree they should have bathrooms, but they don’t at the other schools either. Kids and adults hold it.

Adults hold it. Kids do not.

One game we were at (at a different MS), one girl even went into the woods to do a #2. Now, THAT would be gross on turf.

Uh, OK. I never saw that at any MSI games I attended but sure. We all held it or drove to an actual bathroom.

Plus I love how you think a kid is pooping in the middle of the soccer field. Right

Children and adults go behind a tree. They do it all the time. Maybe your kid goes in the middle of the field, but others go off to a tree.