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Anonymous wrote:To the best of my knowledge, Arlington only gave 48 hours to accept.

NP. Do you have a sense of where Arlington is in their process? This is our first year in travel (although not U9/U10), definitely not top team but would be surprised if our child wasn’t offered a spot on a team next year. Wondering when we’ll hear something definitive. The last mass email from the club said we would all get more information about placement in early May but here we are and no one on the team appears to have heard anything.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We went with a club who gave us a week to decide. While it would have been our choice regardless, it was nice to see them have enough confidence to say "take your time". Previous club's pressure tactics of 48 hours (which was really 36 hours) backfired. Lost some good kids because of it!

Try to think beyond your own kid. There are lots of kids waiting for offers for lower teams but the club can't make those offers until the top team is full. So your kid wanting an extra week delays notice to all those other kids for at least a week.

Not the case. Tryouts aren't even over. There was one tryout of two held, which made the 36 hour time frame all the more ridiculous.

In our club, the first tryout for my kid's age group was yesterday, and the second is tomorrow. My kid (who is on a lower team in the club) is having to just sit and wait to find out what team they'll be offered a place on (we've already been assured they will have a place, it's just a matter of which team). The longer the kids hold out on responding to offers for the top teams, the longer my kid has to wait. Try to have a little compassion for kids who aren't in the same position as yours. You know what all of these clubs are about and you already knew what choice you're going to make, so why play games with the offer period?

No, we don't know what all the other clubs are about. How could we if there haven't been tryouts for other teams? The next season starts in September. I have compassion that it is not fair and agonizing for a kid to wait to see if / what team he is being offered. However, maybe the process should take place after the season with less distraction? No job or sports offer should not give the kid and family the benefit of at least a weekend to make a decision. Or, if that's the case, give the families a heads up that this is how it will take place as opposed to blindsiding someone and then waterboarding them for a decision then and there. Last time I checked, $2,000 is still alot of money and a decision worth consideration.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We went with a club who gave us a week to decide. While it would have been our choice regardless, it was nice to see them have enough confidence to say "take your time". Previous club's pressure tactics of 48 hours (which was really 36 hours) backfired. Lost some good kids because of it!

Try to think beyond your own kid. There are lots of kids waiting for offers for lower teams but the club can't make those offers until the top team is full. So your kid wanting an extra week delays notice to all those other kids for at least a week.

Not the case. Tryouts aren't even over. There was one tryout of two held, which made the 36 hour time frame all the more ridiculous.

In our club, the first tryout for my kid's age group was yesterday, and the second is tomorrow. My kid (who is on a lower team in the club) is having to just sit and wait to find out what team they'll be offered a place on (we've already been assured they will have a place, it's just a matter of which team). The longer the kids hold out on responding to offers for the top teams, the longer my kid has to wait. Try to have a little compassion for kids who aren't in the same position as yours. You know what all of these clubs are about and you already knew what choice you're going to make, so why play games with the offer period?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We went with a club who gave us a week to decide. While it would have been our choice regardless, it was nice to see them have enough confidence to say "take your time". Previous club's pressure tactics of 48 hours (which was really 36 hours) backfired. Lost some good kids because of it!

Try to think beyond your own kid. There are lots of kids waiting for offers for lower teams but the club can't make those offers until the top team is full. So your kid wanting an extra week delays notice to all those other kids for at least a week.

Not the case. Tryouts aren't even over. There was one tryout of two held, which made the 36 hour time frame all the more ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We went with a club who gave us a week to decide. While it would have been our choice regardless, it was nice to see them have enough confidence to say "take your time". Previous club's pressure tactics of 48 hours (which was really 36 hours) backfired. Lost some good kids because of it!

Try to think beyond your own kid. There are lots of kids waiting for offers for lower teams but the club can't make those offers until the top team is full. So your kid wanting an extra week delays notice to all those other kids for at least a week.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We went with a club who gave us a week to decide. While it would have been our choice regardless, it was nice to see them have enough confidence to say "take your time". Previous club's pressure tactics of 48 hours (which was really 36 hours) backfired. Lost some good kids because of it!

Anonymous wrote:To the best of my knowledge, Arlington only gave 48 hours to accept.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We did not accept or decline the offer from current top level club. As a result, we've been able to practice 4 other clubs and received 4 offers on the spot for top team placement, including one offer to play up a year on top team. This is a case of a club getting greedy. Had we been allowed the freedom to look about a week and decide, there is a decent chance he would have remained with current club. But, the pressure tactics gave our kid unnecessary stress that he had to decide and that forced him to say, "Just let me go somewhere else then." Note to club admins...if you're the best product, let kids see the grass and determine if it's greener. You're selling a soccer experience - not a used car.

I don’t think it matters to club as much as you think. Hope you found a great place for your kid.