Comments on Corvallis Soccer Blog: Corvallis Sports Park Winter Teams: Yays and Boos

I had a chance to discuss this with the park and t...

2009-03-06T22:12:00.000-08:00

I had a chance to discuss this with the park and there was a very solid explanation given to me.

1) They offer 13-15 year old players a chance to play in adult leagues. It was explained to me that a lot of facilities do not offer this opportunity to younger players at all.

2) For insurance purposes they have very solid age limits for each league. I for one will not put the

Thank you for sharing Mr. Beaches perspective with...

2009-03-03T07:57:00.000-08:00

Thank you for sharing Mr. Beaches perspective with us. Has Mr. Beaches tried to explain their situation to the league management and ask for an exception? If yes, what was the reaction?

Mr. Beaches indeed is bound by the same policy. I...

2009-03-01T15:54:00.000-08:00

Mr. Beaches indeed is bound by the same policy. It is not our intention to play in a league where we can dominate our opponents. We do however have players that are not skilled enough to play at a higher level, players that are to young according to policy, and players that are more than skilled enough to play at a higher level.

I agree that an intelligent human being can determine the

Thanks for the comment Mid Valley Engraving.
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2008-11-19T09:01:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the comment Mid Valley Engraving.

Policies certainly have thier place. All good policies serve an underlying purpose. When that purpose begins to take a back seat to the policy itself issues like this arise.

I would guess the age policy was created to promote safety. I think a flexible business is able to alook to a particular situation and ask, "is this unsafe?"

What are teams supposed to do when the park won't ...

2008-11-19T07:17:00.000-08:00

What are teams supposed to do when the park won't let them move up because of age restrictions? When we requested the park to let our team in a league where 2 of our players were too young, the park said don't put those players on the team. The entire purpose of the team is to play with those players. So we are stuck in Rec league again when we didn't want to be there.
I am not positive,

So you think the Mummies should go up a league? A...

2008-11-18T15:34:00.000-08:00

So you think the Mummies should go up a league? A session or two ago they were on par, and I believe still are on par with the rest of the the women's intermediate division. I've been playing women's intermediate for almost two years now and would be sad to see them go.