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jmowreader

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41. We have those leagues too

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 03:48 PM

Jun 2013

Every city has Parks and Recreation teams, and then there are the private teams who harvest their players from the city teams.

Kootenai County has been converted by right-wing extremists into North Orange County. And they've managed to price Idaho natives out of the market. About three weeks ago someone wrote a letter to the editor demanding that everyone who doesn't "love Idaho the way it is" (this was after the city council passed an ordinance forbidding antigay discrimination) leave. I responded stating that if getting rid of all the liberals was so important the people who wanted us gone could pay for it, and about twenty of our best native conservatives agreed with the sentiment. But back to soccer: the rich want their kids playing with other rich kids...but they want their kids playing on city-owned fields because they pay their taxes, dammit!

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The soccer field menace [View all] East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 OP

Is there money in building soccer fields? Cutting down trees in a park to make a field seems wrong. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #1

There is always money to made building things. East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #4

That's not what I meant. Whoever is paying the contractor should have a profit in mind. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #5

I wouldn't think there would be any profit for the city. East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #15

We are not communicating at all. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #17

Huh? East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #20

Might I make a recommendation? nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #21

It's not my park. East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #27

Active usage and money that usage provides to the city. haele Jun 2013 #26

Yeah, who needs trees and bums? East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #28

Who needs exercise in this obesity ridden country? HappyMe Jun 2013 #34

There are already plenty of soccer fields. East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #36

Obviously there are enough teams in town HappyMe Jun 2013 #37

Look you... East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #38

Sorry. HappyMe Jun 2013 #39

Can't they do it the way it's done around the world? nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #2

You have to remove the trees from the field itself (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #3

It would seem so. East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #6

Cans? Used for nets? Please explain. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #7

Photos tell the story better nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #9

^^ That Recursion Jun 2013 #12

Really? Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #16

I just can't see 2 soccer HappyMe Jun 2013 #18

They are, but not in every park nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #19

Put two cans down where the posts of the goal would be. You have a goal. Recursion Jun 2013 #10

You put two on the ground, and kick the ball between them jmowreader Jun 2013 #13

I hated that part of the rules nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #22

Tangentially related: the problem is diamonds vs. rectangles. Recursion Jun 2013 #8

At least people aren't sitting around on their asses. HappyMe Jun 2013 #11

Soccer yes! And Indy is sinking $7M into a CRICKET stadium. Myrina Jun 2013 #14

Someone in a local forum I post to is very anti-cricket. East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #23

The high school here has a HappyMe Jun 2013 #25

Most of Indiana is focused on either HS football or basketball or club soccer ... Myrina Jun 2013 #29

They have football and basketball teams too. HappyMe Jun 2013 #31

It's not for the profit of the builders jmowreader Jun 2013 #24

You nailed it. Myrina Jun 2013 #30

That's it in a nutshell and why I say it's a menace. East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #32

My sons played soccer for 4 years. HappyMe Jun 2013 #33

We have those leagues too jmowreader Jun 2013 #41

They demand different coloured boots for the uniform? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #35

It would not surprise me... jmowreader Jun 2013 #40