Soccer16,
"By the club requiring a small fee to tryout they are recouping some of their risk exposure as it relates to the club as a whole."......What? The club would fold if what, they were overrun with players trying out? I don't get it.
Chapindad,
"It is really a very small fee, when you consider the cost of club soccer".......so that makes it right?
"to keep people from presigning up to 10 different clubs with the intention of only showing up for one or none at all, which happened a lot when we had free try-outs. The other clubs being a backup just in case little Salley or Johnny doesn't make the "A" team."....what about the shoe on the other foot? How about when coaches, DOC's and club officials demand a commitment from a player right there on the field, immediately after the tryout? Or the phone call you receive as soon as you get home, saying Sally or Johnny has until 10 PM to give a commitment or the spot is forfeited and they move down to the next person on the list.
Needless to say, I have little sympathy for clubs during tryout week. They make a ton of dough from the tryout and then they pressure kids and families so that they can "protect their resources".
(After tryouts.....clubs are cool
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