Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
You will not get a schedule. This is the way the league has always been run. The coach hears on Wed, sometimes Thursday and you should hear the latest by Thursday from your coach. Not sure why they posted a schedule would be coming.

Every group or team that enters this "league" should explain how it's run to its players and parents. It works well for some, and not so well for others. Travel teams get some spring games to get ready for summer tournaments. They also bring in teams from out of state and upstate, to play the local teams. That's is a cool aspect.
They try to get fields that they don't have to pay for to help their bottom line. So they wait and see what they can get on the town fields in Massapequa after the PAL and high school teams are accommodated each week, and then pay for other fields when necessary. Those factors as well as the increased number of spring tournaments, create the need for it to be run the way it is on a week to week basis. As the year goes on, you may find your team playing the same opponent too many times. That obviously is not a cool aspect.


IMHO it is great pickup league that puts teams together to play some quality lax. I assume the schedule issue is because they are trying to coordinate it on a weekly basis (not an easy task). Teams get invited to come play from neighboring states and that in itself is really cool. I agree the downside is the last second nature of things, but that doesn't outweighs the upside. And you play on turf - an extra treat considering the fields so far because of the winter.