tudirk said:

Moneygrams field are in horrible condition. As of 3 weeks ago

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astonmartin708 said:

Remember a few weeks ago when Hiffy was waxing poetic about the dangers of child labor for these immigrants. Well, here’s an opportunity for him to show some moral fortitude for our own citizens….

https://www.axios.com/2023/05/03/mcdonalds-child-labor

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astonmartin708 said:

Remember a few weeks ago when Hiffy was waxing poetic about the dangers of child labor for these immigrants. Well, here’s an opportunity for him to show some moral fortitude for our own citizens….

https://www.axios.com/2023/05/03/mcdonalds-child-labor

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astonmartin708 said:

Every single politician does this. I sat behind my state senator when he was reviewing these things on an airplane.

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lawpoke87 said:

Many of us suspected this was occurring. The fact the MSM went along with this AND kept it secret should alarm all of us.

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TU_BLA said:

We're thinking she might be a better distance swimmer.

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drboobay said:

I don't think this means too much.

They have mostly closed the side doors at some stores and made it harder to loiter. Two of the stores near me have these measures in place.

Homelessness is the issue of course. You cannot blame them for taking steps to make customers more comfortable.

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TulsaRulzOSUdrools said:

Koch money helps. Wichita in the summer? Yuck.

Honestly, the parenting situation hasn't been that bad, IMO. There have been some special coaches, but overall, it hasn't been too crazy. There has been very little emphasis on what you talk about, just playing long balls to the best player. A lot of it doesn't work at the highest academy games these days.

The officiating has been bad at times, but the older officials have been the worst. I give much more grace to the younger officials.

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TulsaRulzOSUdrools said:

Koch money helps. Wichita in the summer? Yuck.

Honestly, the parenting situation hasn't been that bad, IMO. There have been some special coaches, but overall, it hasn't been too crazy. There has been very little emphasis on what you talk about, just playing long balls to the best player. A lot of it doesn't work at the highest academy games these days. My biggest bitch is those that park people in front of goal while their other 3 players are playing. That is not development. That is a joke.

The officiating has been bad at times, but the older officials have been the worst. I give much more grace to the younger officials.

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lawpoke87 said:

Best of luck at nationals. Great way to cap off his soccer journey. Stryker is nice but it’s not Scheels imo. Parking is atrocious if the complex is full. The indoor complex might be the nicest I’ve seen. I’ve always thought it’s a little crazy that Wichita would have a complex like Stryker.

My top complexes I’ve been to would be:

1). Surf in San Diego
2). 60 acres in Seattle
3). Richmond VA
4). Moneygram
5). Toyota
6). Austin

I’ve placed heavy emphasis on grass fields in my rankings #1 and #2 got my nod due to year round weather

I blame the coaches and clubs for crazy academy level parents. They should pound into their parents memory what the goals are at academy level (it shouldn’t be wins especially in league games). If you’re a U8 parent and the game plan is to play long balls up to the star forward because that’s the path to win today then find another team. Your kids are not developing.

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TU_BLA said:

My daughter swam in an extra meet this weekend and she achieved 2 additional state times and 3 more "B" times. She made state marks in both the 400 IM beating the qualifying time for her age group by more than 22 seconds. She also set a state time in the 200 IM although it was a bit closer (2 seconds). She has 1 second to go in her 100M backstroke and about .3 to go in her 50 backstroke. She's also pretty close to a state time in the 50 fly.

We're thinking she might be a better distance swimmer. She's pretty damn strong and she's got endurance. Her 50 splits in most of the races stay remarkably consistent throughout the course of her longer races. She has additional "second chance" meet this coming weekend where she can work to make those state times in additional events.

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TU_BLA said:

Speaking of Nationals, my son's team plays in the President's Cup nationals beginning Friday at the Stryker complex in Wichita. I've never been to Stryker (and only been to Wichita for any reason a couple of times). From the pictures I've seen, Stryker may be as good or better than Scheel' in KC. Looks like the U18 groups will primarily be in the indoor field, stadium field, and field 9 which looks pretty nice as well. My son already knows he's playing goal in the game on Saturday. Sounds like 2 groups of 4 with the top 2 in each group advancing to semis and finals. Coach seems pretty confident of that happening (Blitz team may be going in as the #1 or #2 seed based on regional performance). Glad he gets to close out his club soccer career with this experience. Great time with his teammates as well as rewarding end to something he's poured so much of his life into the last 13 years.

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lawpoke87 said:

OSA/OPC has a total of 6 girls teams in its academy league U7-U10. The boys side seems to still be hanging in there but one has to believe it’s an only a matter of time before the boys side fades away.

Many of the top academy teams from the area are now playing in Dallas based leagues. I know both TSC and WSA have girls teams playing down there. Assume boys teams are playing there as well.

Regarding parents and coaches getting kicked out of local U9-U10 meaningless league games, please re-think what you’re doing. These games are basically scrimmages with the sole goal of getting your kids touches and developing their game. Winning should be far down the list of game priorities. There will be games down the road where winning matters. This is not those games.

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