SC Soccer Forums SCSoccer.com Forums Girls Varsity Soccer Effect of ECNL on Viking Cup

OK Hard Headed my opinion is that shut^&play is a jerk for attacking you personally no room for that on scsoccer.

now cmon ilovethisgame you don't even have a kid who played high school soccer and only played club. so we know which way you're leaning. "Can't we all just get along", this verbal abuse get's me very upset.

I think you have to look at the situation from an ethical standpoint...what does the player have to gain/lose vs. what does each team have to gain/lose. In either choice, are we asking the player to sacrifice something that may have major long-term benefits for something that will have a comparitively smaller impact, long-term, on the team? Or is the player going to benefit little from the choice at great consequence to the team?

To me, it's hard to justify demandng that a player make a major personal sacrifice for something that will have a very minor impact on the overall success of the team. It's equally hard to justify allowing a player to make a choice that will create little long-term effect for himself/herself but have a major negative impact on the team.

Another question might be, will the momentary negative impact of a decision be outweighed by the long-term positive benefits the player can bring back to the team through such experiences?

Missing a tournament game to go to a concert, hit the beach, take a vacation, etc.--no way.

Miss a region match or playoff game (or even a non-region regular season match) to play for another team--terrible breach of commitment.

Weighing the team's benefit or loss in a preseason tournament vs. a player's opportunity to compete at a top level, increase chances of recruitment, and hone personal skills that they can then bring back to the team's table...now the ethics seem a little different.

Just one man's opinion...never was one for asking someone else to give up a lot more than what others had to gain from it.

Then why are you posting?

Cmon, you can open up to us. There's only one organization I know of that would call you in to shut you up.

That didn't stop them from going to the May event last year, but what they found was that the May event interferes with preparation for Southern Regionals a couple of weeks later, and 3 major travel expense trips in six weeks (NJ, LA, WA) resulted in too much backlash from the paying customers. Conflict with exams? Surely you jest.