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Post by coffeedude on Feb 14, 2014 11:05:17 GMT -5
Well Concorde just cancelled...will RYSA hold?
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Post by earlgray on Feb 14, 2014 13:52:12 GMT -5
The kids have been couped up all week so I was looking forward to this tournament !
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Post by soccergator on Feb 14, 2014 16:37:08 GMT -5
Fortunately by kids are headed to vestavia this weekend and next weekend. both getting some good competition in against some quality out of state younger teams. good tourney, can go up saturday morning and do a 1 night stay.
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Post by pooldawg on Feb 14, 2014 19:03:37 GMT -5
From RYSA:
With the inclement weather and wet field surfaces, we have made a plan to get in as much of the tournament as possible.
Currently, we will begin all matches tomorrow - Saturday, February 15th at 10:40am in order for the fields to thaw and the roads to clear of any ice. ALL matches tomorrow will consist of 2, 20 minute halves. Sunday will continue as currently scheduled. Schedules will be re-posted within the hour.
We are also watching another band of rain that may hit us this evening. If we receive a significant amount of precipitation, we may have to cancel all matches on Saturday. The plan would then be for all teams to play 2 full matches on Sunday. We would move the original schedule for Saturday to Sunday. This option would also include a refund of 1/3 of your tournament fees.
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Post by fan on Mar 3, 2014 16:05:17 GMT -5
Concorde is refunding 50% for their canceled girls tourney.
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Post by spectator on Mar 4, 2014 10:03:25 GMT -5
Concorde should be ashamed of themselves for doing this year after year. There is no way on this earth that they had already spent 50% of the monies collected - fields are rented at the time they are used; referees are paid after they work; they even re-use the same medals each year - they're not personalized with the year they're given; t-shirts are now made on site not pre-made and shipped - so tell me - where did 50% of over $95,000 go when the tournament didn't play a single game?
Based on the number of teams entered in the girls tournament and the entry fees, I came up with $95,140 in entry fees. What the hell gives Concorde - one of the richest clubs in the city - the right to pocket $47K for a tournament that never happened? Seriously - this is an outrage! They do it almost every single year to either the boys or girls tournaments. Even if they don't charge the gazillion teams from their own club to enter - on the girls side that was only 36 of the total 180 teams - it's still just a drop in the bucket from the total fees. Some of the clubs that enter are small clubs that can't afford to have half their tournament budgets taken from them by the greedy bastards at Concorde.
Years ago, I heard that several YMCA teams had enough and took Concorde to GA soccer when they found a loophole in their rules - Concorde did not specifically state 'no refunds. GA soccer ruled that Concorde was in the wrong by not clearly stating it but then caved and said a 50% refund was generous enough. And I think Concorde retaliated by never scheduling any Academy games with YMCA teams. So they're greedy AND petty! Seriously, the ONLY way to get Concorde to stop this practice is DO NOT ENTER THAT TOURNAMENT!
Trust me - it was worth a very long drive to play out of state that weekend and not have to deal with this crap!
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Post by soccergator on Mar 4, 2014 10:11:02 GMT -5
Well, i have to agree. the standard has been set to give 100% refund for no games played.
concorde won't play our club either for academy games. its very childish behavior.
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Post by jash on Mar 4, 2014 10:36:57 GMT -5
I will always lobby against our team going to any Concorde tournament until they get a 100% refund policy. If RYSA and Norcross can do it, so can Concorde.
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