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Post by mightydawg on Jun 18, 2020 11:26:44 GMT -5
New addition to the SCCL rules that I found interesting:
In Premier play, no transfers within the club may be made after September 15th for the fall season and after March 15 for the spring season.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 17, 2020 13:34:32 GMT -5
Also, note--other GAL teams are saying how great GAL is and they have teams like TH in it still. Again, they say this not realizing or acknowledging TH will be a shadow of itself from 04-08. The real question to ask each of the GAL teams is: did you apply for ECNL? If they applied for ECNL, they would have a tough time saying that GAL is a better league. Why apply to an inferior league?
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 16, 2020 10:57:24 GMT -5
Are you sure about the leeway on makeups? I read the following: NPL and SCCL will now fine teams $250 per incident, for games that need to be rescheduled for reasons other than inclement weather. If your team is charged a re-schedule fee, the amount will be divided equally among all rostered players, regardless of individual participation and is considered an additional expense (not included in the participation fees). $250 fee per "incident" when both teams agree to reschedule their game for another day? Where is that posted? Do you have a link to share or something? Here is what the SCCL rules say about fines and rescheduling: SCHEDULING OF GAMES Schedules for SCCL League play are created by the League using the dates agreed upon by the SCCL league member clubs. Field locations and times are provided by SCCL member clubs and provided to the League Director prior to the published seasonal deadline. Schedule changes may only be made with permission of the SCCL. Should a change be made without approval and coordination of the SCCL, the game will be forfeit by the team(s) found to be at fault and the game will be charged as a forfeit against the team(s). The team at fault will be assessed a $250 fine. If both teams are deemed at fault, they will share in the cost of the referee crew and assignor fees.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 15, 2020 13:31:01 GMT -5
When one player kneels to protest police brutality, can another make some sort of anti-abortion sign? And another do something urging strict enforcement of immigration law? Another express support for the 2nd Amendment? Another give thanks to the police? Another for traditional marriage? Another to save the rain forests? Ban fracking? Praise the military? Protest immunizations? Require immunizations? Yes and if whoever is paying is unhappy about it, leave the teams in the locker room until the anthem is over. Very easy solution.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 13, 2020 16:37:45 GMT -5
The new Brook Run fields are fantastic. Huge fields. Concorde really screwed up by letting the Chiefs beat them to the Dunwoody fields. Actually would have had somewhere to practice when it rains.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 13, 2020 15:31:21 GMT -5
Just got word we are starting up practices for one of mine. Which is great until the coach said it was at 8:00am. Not sure who’s more pissed, me or the 12 year old. That is brutal. They do not know that have to work don’t they. Not like 12 year olds are driving.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 13, 2020 14:28:41 GMT -5
My vote is for who cares whether an athlete stands, sits, kneels, etc. I have been to plenty of Atlanta United, Braves, Georgia, and Falcons games where fans are talking, drinking, walking, eating, etc during the national anthem. I respect the troops, the flag and our country. However I admit that I am not always quite, standing at attention with my hand over my heart every time the national anthem is played. I would say most people fall in the same boat. Stop holding athletes to a different standard that you hold yourself. I go to the games to watch the athletes play their sport. Whatever they do before or after the game is their business, not mine and really does not affect my world.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 13, 2020 8:02:13 GMT -5
I do respect everyone's views. There is no "good" time to make a move. I'll just end with this: had our coach not been fired (he was) just before the tryouts (and of course there couldn't be tryouts with CV19) none of our girls were put in a good position to make a decision at the last minute. There was one girl who wasn't on our team last year who had agreed to come to Norcross when Claude was the coach. Then when he was fired, it created a situation for them. I don't blame them for signing with a good team closer to their home. But what I mean in an earlier post was that of the 17 girls on our roster from last year there are 3 waiting on more information and 14 have signed with the new club. Soccermom, my apologies if I responded to you when I meant someone else. That was an error on my part. Sure there is a good time to leave. Most coaches announce they are leaving between the end of the regular season and the beginning of tryouts. I have no problem with coaches or players leaving but there is a right way to do it. Just like players should not verbally accept spots and then back out, coaches should not accept teams for the next year and then bolt. You announced to the forum on May 17th that Sergio was taking over the 05 team. That was two full weeks before tryouts. If Sergio was leaving, he never should have accepted the 05 team. THat would have been the right thing to do. There is no way to spin it—leaving after tryouts and after teams were formed was deceitful.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 13, 2020 5:53:34 GMT -5
Carefully posted after signing day. SCCLP will now be ran & have the same game day standards of GA soccer. That’s a punch in the gut to original SCCLP 1 teams. Exactly. Should have kept the requirements. If a club can’t meet the requirements, don’t let them in.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 13, 2020 5:48:43 GMT -5
The dishonest and deceitful part was it all went down after tryouts were over and teams were formed. It left the girls with very few choices. Similar level teams at other clubs were full so could not move to more convenient clubs. Also prevented Norcross from being able to find adequate replacements.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 12, 2020 16:46:17 GMT -5
From what I have seen of Garvin, older kids love him and younger kids hate him.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 12, 2020 15:46:12 GMT -5
Over 50% of the deaths in Georgia have been in nursing homes. Not sure about the % of deaths in GA from nursing homes, but the average age of those dying in GA is 74, based on the listed ages on the GA DPH website. And it may actually be higher than that since they don't list the actual age of anyone over 89. They just list "90+" as their age. 322 were 90 or older. 654 were 80-89 yrs old. 651 were 70-79. Of the 2,418 listed as having died in the state of GA from COVID-19, the 70+ age range makes up 1,627 deaths or 67% of total deaths. Changing the stats to account for the 60-69 age group increases the stats to 2,078 (86%) deaths for 60+. Think about that: 60+ age group: 86% of deaths, below 60: 14%. Even more alarming is when you factor in the # of people alive prior to this that were in the below 60 age group compared to the 60 & over. I don't have that data but you don't need to be a genius to know that there are WAY more people in the under-60 age group compared to the 60+ group. Here are the sources of GA deaths in nursing homes: www.ajc.com/news/state--regional/more-than-000-georgia-senior-care-residents-died-with-covid/hglcne7mIXildyvmzIww3J/www.fox5atlanta.com/news/covid-19-takes-devastating-toll-on-georgia-nursing-home
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 12, 2020 15:15:11 GMT -5
Unfortunately, the same field and set up standards that made SCCL so nice, will no longer be required for SCCL-P SCCL STANDARDS - GAME DAY SCCL - CLUB MEMBERS All club game dates will be played with home and away fixtures with an opposing club member. All 12U – 19U games will play a fixture schedule with each club, and all gender-specific teams will play on the same date, against the same club with all boys teams at one club’s home fields and the girls teams at the other club’s home fields. All games must be played at the same location. Field Set Up: - The host club will provide a tent at each bench
- Each field should have either an SCCL A-Frame or an SCCL Tear-Drop banner.
- A water station will be placed at midfield between both benches (this is suspended until further notice - Fall 2020)
Required at the venue: - A certified/licensed athletic trainer must be on hand for all SCCL Fixture game days.
SCCL PREMIER - TEAM MEMBERS Field Set Up: - Standards described above are encouraged, but optional.
Required at the venue: - Athletic trainers described above are encouraged, but optional.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 12, 2020 15:09:48 GMT -5
More details are coming out about how SCCL will work. In SCCL-P, 2 teams promoted and relegated per season as long as more than 8 teams in the group.
Here are sections from the SCCL rules about Promotion & Relegation and Club Passing.
PROMOTION & RELEGATION
Club Level: It is within the authority of each Club level member to choose the team and players who play at this level.
Premier Level: There will be promotion and relegation within the Premier level. In groups more than eight teams, two teams will be promoted, and two teams will be relegated each season. In groups of eight or less, there will be only one team promoted and one team relegated each season. The SCCL Board of Directors reserve the right to adjust ensure appropriately competitive divisions.
For 13U - 14U there are two seasons/year --- fall and spring. For 15U and older, the fall season is the only official season of the year.
CLUB PASS:
Club Level: Club pass may be used to assign up to three players to an older team. Club level players may not be passed onto any level of premier play.
Premier Level: Club pass may be used to assign up to three players except for 19U which can have five club pass players to:
A higher-level team at the same age group (SCCL Club level is considered a higher-level team than any SCCL Premier Level team).
Either the same or higher-level team at an older age group.
Under no circumstances, may players ever be utilized on a lower or younger level team.
Players may play a maximum of two games in one day.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 12, 2020 14:54:51 GMT -5
Recommendations should have been put into place and businesses should have created their own rules and guidelines which they expect customers to follow. We should have nearly boarded up nursing homes and required that all staff at those facilities to wear masks and gloves. I've seen figures where nearly 50% of deaths in the NE US (possibly country-wide) have been in nursing homes. Massive failure of policy, massive. Over 50% of the deaths in Georgia have been in nursing homes.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 12, 2020 8:21:47 GMT -5
In my mind, the other two choices fall under the Federation. The Federation allows the pay to play model, Mls to be a monopoly, The lack of training payments, and the lack of promotion relegation
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 12, 2020 5:56:18 GMT -5
I know it's not aligned with the rest of the world as far as soccer development, but the US college system for sports is unique.... it's already there and the infrastructure and distribution of colleges creates National coverage the USSF craves. Why don't they try and team/align/invest in this system and create something workable. I get that for a lot of kids if they've got the skills they are doing it professionally at 17/18/19... there are a lot of late bloomers out there too... Shaka Hislop came through the US system and did OK for himself. Ian Wright in didn't break through into the English Football League until his early 20s. I'm sure there are lots of other examples out there... If this system can produce top class basketball players why not soccer players.... ...because domestic pro soccer is maybe 12-20th best in the world and we have a caste system that is designed to prevent success in “lower” leagues, because it wouldn’t be profitable for a handful of MLS owners.. and the voting federation members (Youth soccer, adult amateur, etc) are too busy trying to keep their cash cow fed to care about systemic improvements. ..And college soccer doesn’t use pro soccer substitution rules so it isn’t really even the same game. It’s a track meet on grass. Why would a pro club want a player who basically lost 1-4 prime playing years in that environment? Miles Robinson and Julian Gressel are on the phone. They disagree.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 11, 2020 13:19:01 GMT -5
“Not wearing a mask indoors when you are in close contact to people is ridiculous. The best example that I saw about this was wearing pants to keep from peeing on people. If everyone walked around naked and peeing freely, we all get pee on us. If I wear pants, I protect you from me peeing on you. If you wear pants, you protect me from you peeing on me. If we both wear pants, we are both protected from getting peed on. Covid is the same. Wear a mask in indoor public places just like you wear pants.” Bad mental image...bad mental image...😂 That bad mental image really helps to emphasize the point though, doesn't it?
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 11, 2020 11:45:33 GMT -5
one major issue going forward... the venn diagram of people saying it was all overblown and people who refuse to wear masks out of (politically motivated) principle - is way too close to a circle. I think that we can all agree that the initial projections for Covid were grossly exaggerated. However, the shut downs were necessary in order to educate people of the seriousness of the situation so that people can make informed decisions about what is right for them and their family. I compare it to the risk of smoking and second hand smoke. Everyone knows the risk and can make informed decisions. Not wearing a mask indoors when you are in close contact to people is ridiculous. The best example that I saw about this was wearing pants to keep from peeing on people. If everyone walked around naked and peeing freely, we all get pee on us. If I wear pants, I protect you from me peeing on you. If you wear pants, you protect me from you peeing on me. If we both wear pants, we are both protected from getting peed on. Covid is the same. Wear a mask in indoor public places just like you wear pants.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 11, 2020 11:21:36 GMT -5
New information out on SCCL-P:
The SCCL Premier division is expanding to multiple levels of Premier beginning fall 2020. Promotion and relegation will be utilized to provide for appropriate competition across multiple levels.
All SCCL Premier clubs will play a 10-12 game season schedule, which will allow teams to participate in pre and post season tournaments and showcases, and other events which will enhance and improve their teams’ development and exposure. Scheduling of the SCCL Premier division will be conducted utilizing a conventional scheduling platform with home and away games – but will not be scheduled in home and away fixtures with other teams from the same club.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 11, 2020 11:17:45 GMT -5
Assuming that rumors are true that SCCL-Champions will play each team one time, with the exception of a single trip to either Birmingham or Knoxville, all of the clubs are located very close to one another. The parameters are SSA to the West, GSA to the East, Concorde (GSP) to the South, and Rush to the North (UFA is out of Norcross).
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 11, 2020 7:42:45 GMT -5
FYI- Correcaminos Dalton + Rome is now known as North Georgia Soccer Association What about these other clubs? Dalton Red Wolves Atlanta City ASC Gainesville Decatur Athens United Savannah FC Brookhaven SSA Dekalb? UFA Lawrenceville? MAYS Strikers Brookhaven is now UFA metro Atlanta. All UFA and SSA teams are in SCCL-P
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 11, 2020 6:58:50 GMT -5
Unless something has changed, rysa is listed as an SCCL-P team. You're right, then its TYSA who is still GA Soccer TYSA was added to SCCL-P a few weeks ago too
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 11, 2020 6:16:08 GMT -5
Unless something has changed, rysa is listed as an SCCL-P team.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 10, 2020 19:27:21 GMT -5
At least it gives rich white kids a sport they think they are good at. That has to count for something. We already have tennis, golf and swimming.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 10, 2020 11:34:15 GMT -5
Here is how TopDrawerSoccer says that the rankings are created:
The scouting process for players is an ongoing discussion at TopDrawerSoccer, and it’s the genesis of the vast majority of inquiries to the site. In an effort to address many of those questions, here is a few quick answers to questions regarding the ranking process at TopDrawerSoccer.
How Do I Get Ranked?
The first step is to make sure you have a player profile.
Once that is complete, the best way to get ranked (in the regional or national rankings) or get rated (with a star rating) is for a TopDrawerSoccer scout to see you play. TDS has scouts at a number of events including nearly event ECNL and Development Academy event during the club soccer season. TDS also has scouts at National Events for US Club Soccer and US Youth Soccer as well as some of the top national tournaments (Surf Cup, Dallas Cup, Jefferson Cup, etc.).
If your team is participating in any upcoming event, prior to the event send your team’s schedule to rankings@topdrawersoccer.com. While it is impossible to guarantee that a scout will be able to attend your game, it does help to have your schedule and jersey number available in case we make it to your field.
What If That Isn’t An Option?
We understand that for some teams and players, national exposure is not a guarantee or an option. We do take input from club coaches. Please ask your club coach to send an email to rankings@topdrawersoccer.com.
What Is The Scale For Your Star Rating?
For more information about how we view that ranking and rating process, please visit this webpage.
How Come I Don’t Have a Rating? You’ve Seen Me Play!
If you have been mentioned in an article on the site from one of the events and graduate in the classes 2019-2022, please send an email to rankings@topdrawersoccer.com and bring this to our attention.
What About The Class of 2023?
TopDrawerSoccer does not give out ratings until we start the process of ranking the class. For the class of 2023, which will be ranked for the first time during the spring rankings, we will begin giving out ratings toward the end of May.
How Come Some 2023 Players Already Have a Star Rating?
Players we have seen at Youth National Team camps have been rated early - these are the top players in the class (top 10-20). Also, players who were originally classified as part of the 2022 class, but have been moved to 2023 keep the rating.
When Will The Next Ranking Be Released?
The start of the spring updates will be on Monday, April 1 with the Boys Class of 2019. Each Monday will feature an update to a new class with the final update for the spring coming on June 3 for the Girls Class of 2023.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 9, 2020 17:05:53 GMT -5
That is certainly what Greg and Ken think and will tell people. They believe that everyone is there because of the Concorde name. They don’t realize how many people play there because it is the closest big club. That arrogance is what cost them Concorde North and Concorde South. The lack of communication is what allowed tophat to make the announcement that Concorde lost girls DA several years ago. They also think that the tophat girls came to Concorde this year because it is Concorde instead of it being the closest ECNL club to the Buckhead girls. In a post covid world, concorde’s lack of communication will cost the club. What happened to Concorde North & South? We were at Concorde Central a few years ago but I haven't kept up with their other branches much since leaving. Director at North left along with a lot of teams and started NTH Milton. South director left and program fell apart and now no longer exists.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 9, 2020 15:48:26 GMT -5
Kind of surprised his 05s would follow him. He was not the coach of the team last year He just took over the team for upcoming season if I remember correctly.
Kids would be pissed because All-in is not convenient to Norcross and could be forced to move if majority of team is leaving because no team to play for if stayed at Norcross.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 9, 2020 15:26:40 GMT -5
I am not sure that Concorde even knows that communication is. At the club level, Concorde sent an email in March that play was being suspended. The next communication from Concorde was sign up for tryouts. The final communication was that tryouts were cancelled. Very hard to get anything out of Greg or Ken without finding them at the field and asking directly. You know why they don't communicate? Because they don't have to. The rosters say it all. Agree on Ambush but generally the higher the demand for a club the worse the communication. That is certainly what Greg and Ken think and will tell people. They believe that everyone is there because of the Concorde name. They don’t realize how many people play there because it is the closest big club. That arrogance is what cost them Concorde North and Concorde South. The lack of communication is what allowed tophat to make the announcement that Concorde lost girls DA several years ago. They also think that the tophat girls came to Concorde this year because it is Concorde instead of it being the closest ECNL club to the Buckhead girls. In a post covid world, concorde’s lack of communication will cost the club.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 9, 2020 14:08:34 GMT -5
He will be running All-IN. The 03 and 05 parents took a vote and decided to follow him to All-In and join the NL this fall. How are the teams leaving if they had already signed with UFA?
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