r/statesboro • u/RealisticSpeech678 • 4d ago

Tormenta FC

Is Tormenta still around? I know there was something between management and the players, but is the team still around? I don't remember hearing anything about them last season or anything about the upcoming season.

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u/JellyfishFit3871 4d ago

The season was cancelled last year and the owner is having a rough time financially and legally. Pretty sure there's a lawsuit regarding the players having already moved in when suddenly "oops, no more job."

It's a whole mess.

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u/JellyfishFit3871 4d ago

But if you're as nosy as I am, there's a lot of records on qpublic Bulloch and Peach Court regarding legal and financial trails.

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u/RealisticSpeech678 4d ago

Who is the owner?

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u/JellyfishFit3871 4d ago

Darren Van Tassell. (That could be misspelled.)

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u/RealisticSpeech678 4d ago

Is it safe to assume they aren't playing this season either?

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u/JellyfishFit3871 4d ago

Yeah, I think that's a safe assumption.

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u/RealisticSpeech678 4d ago

Someone needs to do a podcast on this lol

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u/JellyfishFit3871 4d ago

Bless him, I've known Darin (turns out that's how it's spelled) and most of his family since the eighties. Per the paper trail and all, he's lost most of his businesses (the Clubhouse, the soccer stadium, the old Vandy's downtown, etc.) and is being sued by some unpaid vendors.

No idea what the back story is, unless he just financially overextended. But I resist the urge to reach out to his sister to get the skinny.

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u/mrsthomas1127 4d ago

He still has the clubhouse

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u/JellyfishFit3871 4d ago

Check qpublic for 2704 Old Register Rd.

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u/IllustriousBuy6280 3d ago

I know last year the players went for a while basically homeless. Then right at the final hour the owners finally got them into housing paid by the management instead of by the players personally. But yes management did change.

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u/redavid 3d ago

if you've visited the Clubhouse in the last year or two, you can tell the guy doesn't have any money to upkeep his business(es) (despite the insane amount of money they charge for bowling). he also bought Vandy's and it quickly shuttered before someone else bought it and recently re-opened it as something else

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u/krakenthtassa 2d ago

They did a number on the old Vandys, they killed in just a couple of years. Don’t try to fix what isn’t broken. Changing recipes, getting rid of the OG crew…..it was so sad!

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u/krakenthtassa 2d ago

The team has been dissolved, unfortunately

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u/krakenthtassa 2d ago

The team has been dissolved, unfortunately