ECNL moving to school year not calendar

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

MLSnext already has two tiers. Hard to do promotion/relegation in a club vs club model. No way current mlsnext 1 p2p clubs go for this. It’s a great idea, just no way it is actually implemented.

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Pro/Rel between two leagues with different age ranges is the dumbest idea in this whole thread lol

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

Pro/Rel between two leagues with different age groupings is the dumbest idea in the thread lol

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

Pro/Rel between two leagues with different age groupings is the dumbest idea in the thread lol

SY and BY with 5 biobands is pretty much the same thing. Also MLSN doesnt really care if p2p clubs abuse biobanding rules. This just gives the Acadamies better competition to play against.

I wish p2p parents understood how the academy system works.

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

Pro/Rel between two leagues with different age groupings is the dumbest idea in the thread lol

SY and BY with 5 biobands is pretty much the same thing. Also MLSN doesnt really care if p2p clubs abuse biobanding rules. This just gives the Acadamies better competition to play against.

I wish p2p parents understood how the academy system works.

I understand enough about the academy system to understand that I cannot imagine they care at all whether the league is BY or SY. They could play every one of their teams up a year or 2 against the P2P teams and still beat them handily.

Which is why I think if they get pressure from the P2P clubs to go SY, which they will becuase of all the U-little leagues changing and parents of U-littles liking it, they'll just say ... whatever.. and continue playing their academy teams which whatever age groups making them happy.

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

Pro/Rel between two leagues with different age groupings is the dumbest idea in the thread lol

SY and BY with 5 biobands is pretty much the same thing. Also MLSN doesnt really care if p2p clubs abuse biobanding rules. This just gives the Acadamies better competition to play against.

I wish p2p parents understood how the academy system works.

I understand enough about the academy system to understand that I cannot imagine they care at all whether the league is BY or SY. They could play every one of their teams up a year or 2 against the P2P teams and still beat them handily.

Which is why I think if they get pressure from the P2P clubs to go SY, which they will becuase of all the U-little leagues changing and parents of U-littles liking it, they'll just say ... whatever.. and continue playing their academy teams which whatever age groups making them happy.

Thats why I think MLSN2 will go SY. Some clubs might want to stay SY just to make things easy. Again, BY with biobands is roughly the sme thing s SY and on top of that Acadamies wont care if p2p clubs abuse bioband rules.

MLSN1 and MLSN2 + pro/rel between the two leagues it wont be an issue because MLSN1 clubs will likely also have a MLSN2 team if they get relegated players just move to the MLSN2 team. On the other side of the coin if a club promotes to MLSN1 they'll likely maintain a MLSN2 team.

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

Pro/Rel between two leagues with different age groupings is the dumbest idea in the thread lol

SY and BY with 5 biobands is pretty much the same thing. Also MLSN doesnt really care if p2p clubs abuse biobanding rules. This just gives the Acadamies better competition to play against.

I wish p2p parents understood how the academy system works.

I understand enough about the academy system to understand that I cannot imagine they care at all whether the league is BY or SY. They could play every one of their teams up a year or 2 against the P2P teams and still beat them handily.

Which is why I think if they get pressure from the P2P clubs to go SY, which they will becuase of all the U-little leagues changing and parents of U-littles liking it, they'll just say ... whatever.. and continue playing their academy teams which whatever age groups making them happy.

Thats why I think MLSN2 will go SY. Some clubs might want to stay SY just to make things easy. Again, BY with biobands is roughly the sme thing s SY and on top of that Acadamies wont care if p2p clubs abuse bioband rules.

MLSN1 and MLSN2 + pro/rel between the two leagues it wont be an issue because MLSN1 clubs will likely also have a MLSN2 team if they get relegated players just move to the MLSN2 team. On the other side of the coin if a club promotes to MLSN1 they'll likely maintain a MLSN2 team.

That is a logistical nightmare for p2p clubs. No club is going to voluntarily drop from mls 1 to 2 to stay SY to make things easier. A mls 1 team that gets relegated is going to lose their players to a different club, they won’t just drop to the mls 2 team.

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

Pro/Rel between two leagues with different age groupings is the dumbest idea in the thread lol

SY and BY with 5 biobands is pretty much the same thing. Also MLSN doesnt really care if p2p clubs abuse biobanding rules. This just gives the Acadamies better competition to play against.

I wish p2p parents understood how the academy system works.

You should first understand what Biobanding is, which is grouping players by physical attributes in spite of their actual age (not because of it). If you blanket Bioband to bridge SY/BY it loses its purpose and meaning. You also create at 17 month age system which is neither BY or SY.

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

Pro/Rel between two leagues with different age groupings is the dumbest idea in the thread lol

SY and BY with 5 biobands is pretty much the same thing. Also MLSN doesnt really care if p2p clubs abuse biobanding rules. This just gives the Acadamies better competition to play against.

I wish p2p parents understood how the academy system works.

You should first understand what Biobanding is, which is grouping players by physical attributes in spite of their actual age (not because of it). If you blanket Bioband to bridge SY/BY it loses its purpose and meaning. You also create at 17 month age system which is neither BY or SY.

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

Pro/Rel between two leagues with different age groupings is the dumbest idea in the thread lol

SY and BY with 5 biobands is pretty much the same thing. Also MLSN doesnt really care if p2p clubs abuse biobanding rules. This just gives the Acadamies better competition to play against.

I wish p2p parents understood how the academy system works.

You should first understand what Biobanding is, which is grouping players by physical attributes in spite of their actual age (not because of it). If you blanket Bioband to bridge SY/BY it loses its purpose and meaning. You also create at 17 month age system which is neither BY or SY.

Either way it doesnt matter.

You can split hairs on the perfect use of biobanding. Acadamies dont care. They just want high level competition.

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

Pro/Rel between two leagues with different age groupings is the dumbest idea in the thread lol

SY and BY with 5 biobands is pretty much the same thing. Also MLSN doesnt really care if p2p clubs abuse biobanding rules. This just gives the Acadamies better competition to play against.

I wish p2p parents understood how the academy system works.

You should first understand what Biobanding is, which is grouping players by physical attributes in spite of their actual age (not because of it). If you blanket Bioband to bridge SY/BY it loses its purpose and meaning. You also create at 17 month age system which is neither BY or SY.

Either way it doesnt matter.

You can split hairs on the perfect use of biobanding. Acadamies dont care. They just want high level competition.

Academies may or may not care, but parents, kids, clubs, and tournament directors in the P2P system will, and rightfully so.

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

Pro/Rel between two leagues with different age groupings is the dumbest idea in the thread lol

SY and BY with 5 biobands is pretty much the same thing. Also MLSN doesnt really care if p2p clubs abuse biobanding rules. This just gives the Acadamies better competition to play against.

I wish p2p parents understood how the academy system works.

You should first understand what Biobanding is, which is grouping players by physical attributes in spite of their actual age (not because of it). If you blanket Bioband to bridge SY/BY it loses its purpose and meaning. You also create at 17 month age system which is neither BY or SY.

Either way it doesnt matter.

You can split hairs on the perfect use of biobanding. Acadamies dont care. They just want high level competition.

Academies may or may not care, but parents, kids, clubs, and tournament directors in the P2P system will, and rightfully so.

No they wont.

MLSN is the top league for boys. P2p clubs will be able to fill teams with player without even reaching out.

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Anonymous wrote:If MLS is the shadow government of USSF why do people think MLSN will not stay BY?

It seems like the big 3 wanted SY but because MLS wanted to stay BY USSF decided to not side with the majority and instead just decided to let leagues do what they wanted.

What was the purpose of that? Unless some league want to stay BY long term?

MLS wanted USSF to make everyone stay BY. Now that everyone else is SY, going to be hard for MLS to stay BY on their own. They could still make the decision to stay BY, will make ecnl more competitive though by pushing many August-December birthdays there so they don’t have to skip an age group. Lots of changes coming in the next few years!

No that wont be happening. As long as MLSN has academies nothing will change.

This is why the girls parents are watching NWSL so closely.

Academies may do something different than p2p mlsnext clubs.

People have talked big plans for girls for decades. San Diego FC has plans for a fully funded girls program. In 30 years I’ve yet to see anything actually come to fruition. I am a girl parent so hope you are right.

P2P will go SY for sure, otherwise their pipeline loses a year of development (and revenue).

My bet is that MLSN creates 2 tiers.

The top tier has the top p2p clubs and they play against MLS Acadamies. This league stays BY and maybe expands biobanding. MLS2 has all the rest of the p2p clubs and no acadamies this league changes to SY without biobanding. Every season MLSN1 pro/rels the top and bottom clubs between both leagues.

Pro/Rel between two leagues with different age groupings is the dumbest idea in the thread lol

SY and BY with 5 biobands is pretty much the same thing. Also MLSN doesnt really care if p2p clubs abuse biobanding rules. This just gives the Acadamies better competition to play against.

I wish p2p parents understood how the academy system works.

You should first understand what Biobanding is, which is grouping players by physical attributes in spite of their actual age (not because of it). If you blanket Bioband to bridge SY/BY it loses its purpose and meaning. You also create at 17 month age system which is neither BY or SY.

Either way it doesnt matter.

You can split hairs on the perfect use of biobanding. Acadamies dont care. They just want high level competition.

Academies may or may not care, but parents, kids, clubs, and tournament directors in the P2P system will, and rightfully so.

No they wont.

MLSN is the top league for boys. P2p clubs will be able to fill teams with player without even reaching out.

If mlsnext stays BY, ecnl gets stronger. Maybe not strong enough to overtake mlsnext and maybe mlsnext doesn’t care, but ecnl will be stronger because of it.

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You act like MLSN p2p will still be around in 5 years. some uppity parents will continue to fall for this racket, but skepticism is building heavily. And the excessive travel and time is growing less and less compatible with people’s lifestyles and pocketbooks.