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Q.        Why is the subscription to Inter Macc JFC so expensive?

A.        We are aware that our price is higher than others for those in teams

 (although the cost of the Academy for training sessions is much lower)

 and there are two main reasons for this:

1.  We have a maximum limit on the number of players in each team

    (the playing number + 3 reserves) to allow each player to have a

    good amount of playing time in each match.

2.  We use professional coaches who study the teams and individual

     players on match days to enable them to correct problems during

     the following training sessions.

Q.        Why does the season start so early?

A.        May & June are used for the managers to sort out their teams so they

are ready to go at the beginning of September (July & August will be

holiday months) rather than using the first few matches of the season

to do this.

Q.        How are players chosen for the teams?

A.        The managers will choose them from the Academy.  The selection

process will be completed in May and January, for the first and second

parts of the season respectively, and may be at the start of the month,

if the manager knows the player or after the first training sessions if the

manager wants to assess players first.

Q.        Does the £20 Academy annual fee get refunded if the player is taken

into a team?

A.        Any player taken into a team in May will have the £20 Academy fee

and any training fees paid in May deducted from the £140 team fee.

            Any player taken into a team in January, having joined in the first part

of the season, will have the £20 Academy fee and any training fees

aid in January deducted from the £140 team fee.

            Any player joining the Academy in January and taken into a team in

January will have the Academy fee and any training fees paid in

January deducted from the £140 team fee.

Q.        Is the Academy annual fee reduced for players joining late in the

season?

A.        Any player joining the Academy in January, or later in the season, will

pay a reduced fee of £10.

Q.        Is he Academy annual fee still required for players dropped from teams

in January?

A.        Any player dropped from a team into the Academy in the January

transfer window will just have to pay the training fees – no Academy

fee would be due.

Q.        Who do the Academy members train with?

A.        They will train with the teams of their own age group in the week to

enable them to get to know the players and the teams to know them.

They can also train with the rest of the Academy on Saturday mornings.

The £6 training fee will cover all training for the week.

Q.        Do the team players get a refund if the matches are called off?

A.        All matches, or training sessions and the associated facilities are

arranged in good faith at the beginning of the season and the Club

costs are based on this, so we are unable to offer refunds.

Q.        Why do you not use ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams, etc?

A.        This system only really works for the ‘A’ team where they have the

 security of knowing that a good player will stay in the team, whereas

 with the other teams, playing well can get you moved up away from

 the team you feel comfortable with.  We believe that the children will

 only perform to their best ability when they feel secure.  The system we

 have adopted ensures that good players will get the security they

 deserve, but also has the added incentive of allowing players to be

 transferred out if they do not perform well.

Q.        Who decides which players will go into a team?

A.        This is the team manager’s decision.

Q.        Can team managers ‘poach’ players from other Inter Macc teams?

A.        Team managers are free to talk to all players, but it is entirely up to the

player involved if he wants to leave one team for another – there will

be no formal process to make the player move.

Q.        What if a good player from outside the Club wants to join & play

immediately?

A.        Obviously all players want to play immediately and they would be

welcomed into the Academy where they may be offered matches as

a replacement until the next transfer window, when they could be

taken into a team.  We are committed to having a maximum limit on

the number of players in each team to ensure all players will have a

reasonable time playing in the matches, therefore the teams do not

normally operate with vacancies, but the Academy always has

availability.  We have to strike a balance between the stability of the

teams for the players already in them and the ability to accept new

players into the teams and we believe that with two transfer windows a

year and the active role of the Academy we will have achieved this

most of the time.

Q.        What happens if the manager can only get 8 players for a match –

does he have to call on two others out of the Academy?

A.        How many substitutes are used is up to the manager – he has to weigh

the risk.  If he does take one or two he will then be committed to giving

them a reasonable share of the playing time as with the existing team

members.  This is a good opportunity for managers to assess potential

new players ahead of the transfer windows.

Q.        If a player gets dropped from a team into the Academy is he ever likely

to play in a team again?

A.        All players, particularly at these ages, go through good times and bad

times.  The function of the Academy is to help to rectify the type of

problems that resulted in the player being dropped in the first place,

thus making him better equipped to rejoin a team.  The decision on

whether or not he is able to rejoin his old team or is taken up by

another team rests with the respective team managers.

Q.        What happens if the Academy has enough players of a certain age

group to form another team?

A.        Good – we will look at forming another team, but we can only do this

at the beginning of the season as the teams have to be registered with

the FA and we would have to sort out a new manager and coach.