Horrible experience, coaches don't listen or don't care about how the kids feel. My son would come home crying saying the coaches hate him and are mad that he doesn't play better. When this was addressed with the coaches it instantly became an argument, never once did they say this wasn't true. All we asked for was more encouragement for him to continue to play and work hard. But in his mind he was not liked. I'm not sure if it was true or not cause when told they never said any different. All we wanted was for my son to have is a fun and learning experience, instead he got anxiety and nervousness if he did badly! If you are not in the little group of friends they don't care! This was the first and last year we will ever go to this league! My son was also told that if he is upset with his skills he should play a different sport and needs to learn about failure! This is unacceptable from adult men! They discouraged my son from the start! Not sure if they are projecting from their youth or not! 0 stars read more

Unless your child is in travel ball, your kid is not important to them. Our son started in Maverick, to learn the fundamentals of baseball, he continues to learn, considering baseball is a tough sport. He has had great coaches, mainly because his experience level is a beginner and the coaches are hand selected for the kids who have high ratings. The "left-over" kids get drafted by new, un-experienced coaches, who in my opinion actually care about the children and remember that its only a game. We've been a part of PAC longer than we should have and we blame ourselves for not pulling our child out of this organization after the first year. Unfortunately we are in the start of our third year so we will have to play it out till the end. We did try leaving before the draft, but the organization we were interested in already started first practices and we didn't want our son to walk on to a team, we wanted him to be part of the team from the beginning. Quickly I'll add, they start draft way too close to opening day, giving the teams little time to practice or prepare. I'll start with the fees. Registration is high for what you receive, the uniforms are never the size you ordered and handed out close to opening day, almost making it hard to get names on the back (they do not provide that) the pants are either too small or too large. They usually offer a "pant exchange" but that didn't happen this year. We are going on the third game and I've seen many teams with mis-matching, different colored pants. You would think with all the money you throw at them, the uniforms could at least be uniform. However, travel gets very beautiful fitting jersey and pants. The fields are always in poor condition, which I assumed that was another thing we were "paying" for. In their fees they include a Parent fee of $50, which you can get back if you volunteer in some way. They have a fundraiser buyout too, if you pay $70 you do not have to buy the candy money for $90 later on. The emails you receive are non-stop about fundraising opportunities for Travel, family nights at resteraunts, or sports authority days, etc., never fundraising opportunities for in-house, because that was already 'paid' for in your registration fees. Next, the fields. The one thing we were looking forward to this year was the field. This division is finally at the Four Seasons park. Much nicer fields than the school field at Indian Trails, or the Four Seasons West field which is always under water. The kids get to play on 'real' fields now, that's exciting for them... Until they sent out an email stating that if your game conflicts with travel, location and times may change. Nice! Since Maverick, we have known that in Mustang, each team gets at least one night game under the lights. Unfortunately my son is on one of the teams that does not, there are only a couple of teams that do. I wasn't surprised that the commissioners team gets one of the night games, he is of course the commish. What I was surprised about was the fact that the VP of PAC is the assistant coach for the commissioners team, a little favoritism I guess, which IS NOT uncommon in this organization. There are so many things wrong with this organization, the main issue is the politics. I know there is politics in every league, but this one is down right corrupt. I'm more disappointed in the fact that we let our child continue with PAC, than how they run it. This league is not about the children, well in-house children, they do not care about the parents, and they are impossible to get a hold of. Last year in Pinto, there were many problems with coaches fighting, Parents being nasty, and getting ejected and suspended. One of those suspended coaches was allowed to continue on to be a Travel coach. I'm not putting travel down by no means. My child isn't at a level to play travel and I wouldn't want him playing travel here if he was. My child just enjoys playing, he doesn't know the truths about this league and he never will. I cannot fit in here all that is wrong or unfair about this place, Parents opinions do not matter unless you are on the board or friends with a PAC official. They do not organize anything for the parents to participate in together, like opening day celebrations, or family nights, those things do not exist here. Once you pay that's it. We already know where we are going next year and it is a little farther away, but worth it to us. I highly recommend parents look around, ask others, there are many organizations that teach the child the basics, that show the child they are important too, and that appreciate their families. Unfortunately, Plainfield Athletic Club just is not one of them. Shame on them for not putting the kids first, but shame on us for staying with them. read more

Horrible experience. My daughter played softball for 4 years and my son played baseball there for 1 year. If your kid doesn't play travel ball or if your not a coach, they don't care about you. They just take your money and don't let your kid play. The umpires are shit. They can't even make the right call. Umpires have bad attitudes and short tempers and start yelling at the kids. Don't waste your money on them. Go somewhere else. read more

I have read a few reviews about PAC and of course things could be better. Changes have been made and I myself, have notice a difference. Supporting our local organizations should be important to the community and I think they have people that care. Please remember, no one is being paid to volunteer and other towns use the sports programs as a source of income. This is why the directors get paid. BTW the cost at other towns can be much higher. PAC doesn't own the fields, they simply lease or rent them for so many games from the town. ( for a sizable fee ). PAC doesn't have the resources or the approval of the town to make changes. I think the organization can only be as good as the volunteers in the community. If the condition of the fields are poor, maybe attending some town meeting should be the next step. I think the PAC has done a great job considering they are all volunteers. I myself have put two girls through PAC softball and I have been unhappy with a few of the coaches but I have been very happy with several of them as well. PAC has always answered any questions I have had and would recommend having your children in this organization. My daughter still has close friends that she has played softball with in PAC and they are local girls that she is now going to high school with.... read more

I agree with most of what Angela B said. However, as for the draft --- all towns, all leagues, and all sports draft kids the same way. It's a draft. The team managers start with the highest rated players and work their way to the lowest rated players. EVERY team gets a mix of all players. Where this is an issue is if your manager has not rated your players in previous seasons or if they didn't accurately rate them. The rating is from 1-5 on every aspect of the game (pitching, hitting, throwing, etc) and it results in an average rating. The fees are high compared to fees for surrounding towns and we by far have the worst facilities (fields, concessions, restrooms, etc) of any towns in the area. As for uniforms, PAC travel teams ARE NOT funded by PAC. The fees are paid for by the parents. They pay for their fields, their practice locations, umpires, uniforms, travel expenses, etc. Uniforms for travel players can be as much as $100/per uniform (sometimes more), bags could be $70-100, etc. What IS funded by PAC is a portion of the All Star tournament teams that are chosen by tryout, however, parents with kids who have been selected to play on these teams have additional expenses in the form of tournament fees. The best way to make a change is to get involved and volunteer. You may find less qualified managers coaching your kids, but remember, they put in a TON of time to coach YOUR kid, from the numerous meetings, player draft, candy pickup, uniform pickup, team picture coordination, etc. in addition to the practices and games --- it's a lot of time and those who have never helped would never understand. read more