June 22 Return

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I see you : white, middle age male, Trump supporter. All your friends are white and you pretend not to be bigoted hiding under the cloak of conservatism. You have kids and you would be furious if one of them brought home a black boyfriend or girlfriend, Because as you often say, "its not me, its society" I see you. You hide your racism in cloak of a normal middle class life You my friend is what White America looks like. And i am ashamed.


I See You

Guaranteed you showed that to your wife after posting, expecting (hoping for) some kind of approving gesture, only to be shunned for the charlatan that you are.

[Unregistered]

Guaranteed you showed that to your wife after posting, expecting (hoping for) some kind of approving gesture, only to be shunned for the charlatan that you are.

Wife? This person couldn’t mate a dog. He is one his moms basement.

[Unregistered]

Wife? This person couldn’t mate a dog. He is one his moms basement.

Good call. I definitely overestimated that scum bucket:

[Unregistered]

Good call. I definitely overestimated that scum bucket:

The Truth shall set you free. I know you. i see you. you can keep pretending. its what we do

[Unregistered]

Oh, cry me a river, you complete and utter charlatan.

Call people names all you want but that’s the truth youth soccer is a rich white suburban sport, run by white males. There aren’t even enough women’s coaches in the game, it’s appalling. But the liberals whose kids pay to play turn their heads the other way. If you want to make a difference step up and demand and lead a change. That’s courage....

[Unregistered]

Hey you bots....no response to hard working americans trying to keep it together during covid only to be harmed by the actions of criminals taking advantage of the peaceful protestors?

The message is lost in the arson, violence and looting. I watched protestors on live tv launch items at the police who were trying to clear a way for the fire dept to put out the fire at historic St. john's Church. That is a hate crime setting fire to a church and the preschool at the church.

These radicals are not heros.

I am actually starting to wonder if those looting and riots are done by MAGA minions. If you think about it, who will benefit from it most by looting and rioting?

[Unregistered]

Sticking to soccer (this is a soccer forum after all ) does no one want to talk about the elitism and exclusion that exists in our sport? It’s a real problem as no inner city minorities are even given a chance. Only pay to play rich white girls that can afford it...seems pretty unfair to me to exclude so much potential talent. The rest of the world does not do that! Why here?? Because it’s a system with fancy leagues like ECNL run by rich white males built to line their pockets while keep minorities out...have you ever seen PDA, WCFC teams??? They barely have any minorities on them....Shame. Where is the USWNT standing up for young girls of different backgrounds???

Yes. The higher level of a team, the less likely you will find minorities. You can easily see that in any photos taken in any higher level games and teams. It is especially most obvious in girls teams. My daughter was the only non-white player in the team while it wasn't the case when she was younger, when the cost was lower.

As the cost is getting higher and higher, fewer and fewer minorities can afford this sport. The pay-to-play scheme is created to ensure the gap between social-economic classes is the same or widen.

[Unregistered]

I am actually starting to wonder if those looting and riots are done by MAGA minions. If you think about it, who will benefit from it most by looting and rioting?

Demo-rats. It’s control over their voting districts. They love poverty to push more government and socialist reign. It’s been done to the black community by Democrats for years now.

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Demo-rats. It’s control over their voting districts. They love poverty to push more government and socialist reign. It’s been done to the black community by Democrats for years now.

How do you know? Are those districts voted DEM 100%?

Like this white boy who got beaten up because he vandalized a black guy's car (the person who was beating him up). How do you know he's not one of the MAGA clowns?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HKw4-KOJBs

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Demo-rats. It’s control over their voting districts. They love poverty to push more government and socialist reign. It’s been done to the black community by Democrats for years now.

Your beloved FoxNews happened to cover this:

"Viral photo shows Louisville cop protected by black protesters when separated from squad during riot"

https://www.foxnews.com/us/louisvill...breonna-taylor

[Unregistered]

Demo-rats. It’s control over their voting districts. They love poverty to push more government and socialist reign. It’s been done to the black community by Democrats for years now.

It’s disgusting what the democrats have done to the poor black communities for the last 25 years now. They have been in control of these districts for so long and have done absolutely nothing but keep them in poverty. People are finally starting to realize the scam.

[Unregistered]

Call people names all you want but that’s the truth youth soccer is a rich white suburban sport, run by white males. There aren’t even enough women’s coaches in the game, it’s appalling. But the liberals whose kids pay to play turn their heads the other way. If you want to make a difference step up and demand and lead a change. That’s courage....

Agree on the most part. Though I don't think it's just wealthy liberals who encourage and take advantage of pay-to-play while looking at the other way. It has nothing to do with your political affiliation although it's probably a greater irony when liberals do it.

Now let's talk about reality:

Let's say a solid program in NJ costs $3K a year (this is probably way low). If you have two players who happen to be reasonably good at soccer, it will be $6K a year. That doesn't include travel and commute time, supplemental program, winter or summer. Most of the people probably live about 30-1 hour away from "better" clubs they have access to. So it's easily 2-hour a day for just going to practices. If you are in a 9-5 job and the practice is at 6:30. When do you have to leave? Don't forget that you have to come home, pick up the player, and then leave for practices. How many people can actually leave at 5 pm while being in a job to afford such costs? Please tell me if there is such a job.

Now higher level teams play further away and that adds travel cost. A "lower" level league like ECRL requires you to travel at least twice a season, according to 2019 schedule, to a place 3-4 hours away from a match. It means you probably have to get a hotel if you'd like your players to be in his/her best condition at the game.

In addition, the higher level a player plays, the more likely he/she will have to skip some classes at the school. So we're now talking about hiring tutors or looking for some programs to help the player so he/she isn't falling behind.

Finally, again, if you happen to have two players like this in a family, they might happen to have different practice time and date, different game time, date, and location. It means one of the parents/guardians will have to stay home or work part-time or some flexible hours.

And BTW, I haven't included training equipment, gears like high-quality cleats or indoor shoes, which you have to purchase almost every year.

Please tell me, how many families in NJ can afford such a lifestyle?

[Unregistered]

Several thousand?

Agree on the most part. Though I don't think it's just wealthy liberals who encourage and take advantage of pay-to-play while looking at the other way. It has nothing to do with your political affiliation although it's probably a greater irony when liberals do it.

Now let's talk about reality:

Let's say a solid program in NJ costs $3K a year (this is probably way low). If you have two players who happen to be reasonably good at soccer, it will be $6K a year. That doesn't include travel and commute time, supplemental program, winter or summer. Most of the people probably live about 30-1 hour away from "better" clubs they have access to. So it's easily 2-hour a day for just going to practices. If you are in a 9-5 job and the practice is at 6:30. When do you have to leave? Don't forget that you have to come home, pick up the player, and then leave for practices. How many people can actually leave at 5 pm while being in a job to afford such costs? Please tell me if there is such a job.

Now higher level teams play further away and that adds travel cost. A "lower" level league like ECRL requires you to travel at least twice a season, according to 2019 schedule, to a place 3-4 hours away from a match. It means you probably have to get a hotel if you'd like your players to be in his/her best condition at the game.

In addition, the higher level a player plays, the more likely he/she will have to skip some classes at the school. So we're now talking about hiring tutors or looking for some programs to help the player so he/she isn't falling behind.

Finally, again, if you happen to have two players like this in a family, they might happen to have different practice time and date, different game time, date, and location. It means one of the parents/guardians will have to stay home or work part-time or some flexible hours.

And BTW, I haven't included training equipment, gears like high-quality cleats or indoor shoes, which you have to purchase almost every year.

Please tell me, how many families in NJ can afford such a lifestyle?

[Unregistered]

Several thousand?

And they all happen to have solid players in the family? Or it's more about affordability?

[Unregistered]

And they all happen to have solid players in the family? Or it's more about affordability?

Say you have a great talent living in Camden do you think the parents/family has time and $$$ to travel to the burbs and all over the place nationally to pay for soccer??? No and that’s what’s wrong with the sport at the youth level, it’s an elitist business model that aims to leave our underprivileged kids.