Perhaps the reasons clubs act the way they do is because there are no legal contracts between the club and the parents paying for their son/daughter to be a member of the club. Think about it, parents just pay without a legal expectation of what they are getting in return. If there were contracts signed stating the membership is from this date to that date, the team their child will be playing on, the number of tournaments/events, the number of practices, and the expectation what will happen at those practices (develop players), the clubs would NOT be pulling the shenanigans they do. As it is now, clubs receive funds and use them theoretically to pay down payments for tourneys/events, rent fields, pay salaries, buy uniforms, etc. Then they push players down a team or kick them off the team because they hold fixed-tryouts in the middle of the season. There are no refunds, because they've already spent the money! Wake up parents, demand contracts, know your rights, protect your child from clubs who think the grass is greener on another lacrosse field. | 
