Quote Originally Posted by Aegon View Post
As someone who has a child who completes his 4th year of JDL this week I couldn't disagree more.

It's not supposed to be an elite competition, it is a development league.
Many more young players are getting an increased amount of training sessions per week over a longer season than community.
Fees for the amount of training sessions and games they play are very reasonable - I have 2 daughters who extra curricular costs are significantly higher than JDL.
It may be a development league however if teams conceding or even scoring 10 goals in a match is considered the norm then I fail to see how that is good for development? Maybe the training isn’t up to the required standard?

You’re entitled to your opinion on fees. I believe it is far too expensive but perhaps you’re in a better financial position than myself or maybe I’m a just tight bastard. Simply comes down to personal opinion. All I know is that graded interdistrict football is much more affordable.