TDJ85

This is what happens when you have a parent of a player coaching the team.

Extremely well put hoya. I completely agree. It's hard for me to see how anyuone could not agree.

Play- Did not mean to mislead about Florida soccer. Thanks for the correction. Just wanted to point out a different compromise that I thought could work. As far as recruiting goes the travel budgets for all minor sports is a fact of life. Whether you agree or not it is not going to change.

I ve been reading all the post with a lot of interest. it seems to me that the problems have arisen from the TSSAA decision to play high school soccer in the spring for boys which is completely opposite from most states. Yes there are some high quality tournaments the boys can play in the fall, but many are in the spring also. Why not make a simple compromise and do what Florida does? The Tampa Sun Bowl is played right in middle of high school season but they have elected to suspend high school soccer for three weeks so they can play. I'm sure someone can think of a reason why this would not work. It almost sounds too simple. Toro - Have ever seen a college coaches budget? They have barely enough money to travel to five or six club tournaments to 100 players at one location much less to travel to one city just to see 0ne or two high school players. This will be true regardless of Div. 1,2 or 3.

The pool is not as big as you may think. Club tournaments will draw officials from as far away as a 50 - 100 mile radius. It is not unusual for them to work several games in one day. It would not be practical to drive that far for one high school game.

The reason is not budget restraints ( although this maybe true in a small number of cases ) but rather the small pool of officials available for each game. Most nights they are lucky to have two at each game.

The reason is not budget restraints ( although this maybe true in a small number of cases ) but rather the small pool of officials available for each game. Most nights they are lucky to two at each game.