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I just got an email that the mt p yth license course for $575, was cancelled due to lack of participation....gee, really? I coached little league in high school, never knew anyone with a lic., also assisted babe ruth coaching duties, again, what license? Coached middle school hoops in high school, nada license in sight.
the toughest sport to coach, yth football, no one has a license.
$occer has many trickle down costs that prohibit alot of the better athletes from participating...oops, but hey, guys are getting paid.
yth soccer remains the most clueless needlessly expensive yth sport....don't get it.....imho of course

Seriously? I am both speechless and dumbfounded at the seemingly "clueless" comments that you made in this post. Hopefully, Cainhoy Athletic's response helped to explain the licensing cost and difference with the types of licensing one can obtain. Do you honestly believe that licenses in soccer are a waste of time and money? Are you kidding me? Your comment about "guys getting paid" was sarastic and insulting to those quality coaches who spend countless hours, both on and off the pitch, developing their players, individually and collectively as a team. Should they not be compensated at all or do you feel they are all overpaid? Yes, soccer (especially select, premier, etc.) does have a lot of "trickle down costs"; that is a fact. Those parents who make the decision to have their child/children play at those levels are informed of the various costs involved. There are choices. Soccer is offered at many different levels/costs around our state, that parents and players can chose from. While scholarship money isn't available to EVERY player who applies, it IS still available to many players in various clubs around the state. Since you have taken the opportunity to list some of your complaints about the sport, how about proposing some solutions that you feel would work?