with great power comes great responsibility....who would get this "power" - gtfo of here, hahaha |
LOL National level? As a parent why should that be my concern? What parent wants to limit their own kid’s opportunities for the sake of the greater good of the national team? |
Your argument is predicated on the kid with the advantage not being highly qualified and competent. |
+1 people care less if the kid is talented. If they aren't talented, it gets really frustrating to see for the others on the team that had to work to get there and keep their spot. Once you get to older ages, the opponents can quickly spot and exploit your weak players on the field. |
who said anything about greater good of the national team? I guess you're good with paying all this money to travel across the country and then lose 0-10 in the opening match of playoffs - cause that is what happens when we dilute the talent pool in the area with too many ECNL/GA teams. |
Yes, I am good paying money to travel across the country and then losing in the opening match of the playoffs. So is everyone else or they wouldn't be doing it. The point of these national playoff events is to be where the college coaches are so my kid can be seen. It makes little difference for that purpose whether they win, lose, or lose by a lot. We pay to attend showcase events all the time. Paying to attend playoffs are no different. |
No, my argument is we'll never know how highly qualified and competent they really are because they are only being compared against the subset of the other advantaged ones. |
+1. This is why FVU should have been limited to the boys. There was no good reason to combine the girls. As far as I can tell NM and club management want to be nationally competitive but that's not what parents want as PP correctly explained. |
spoken like someone who has never won anything in life, pretty much summed up participation trophy mentality |
Felt more like individual (vs team) mentality to me. This is the problem with the top-level teams at the top clubs - many of the players seem to be getting parent/outside advice to maximize their own touches and not play to help the team. Honestly, maybe they have the right idea, but the region as a whole gets less opportunities when players don't sacrifice for the team. I'd rather that my kids learn good values and a team mentality, but winning the ball and playing quick, two-touch soccer does not seem to impress area coaches as much as the kids who take more time on the ball, even when they lose it a good percentage of the time. |
I thought their performances in practice and games showed their levels of qualifications regardless of how they got through the door? |
Until colleges, academies and professional clubs start recruiting and signing entire teams, it's all about the individual. A major part of soccer at older ages is IQ and tactical prowess. So if you show a lack of both by dribbling like a lunatic trying to impress, you're only impressing your dad. |
That's a cop out of an answer, not other sport recruits entire teams yet these issues aren't as prevalent in youth football, basketball and baseball/softball |
In football, baseball, basketball there aren't players trying to upstage others for the spotlight? You sure that's an argument you want to go with? |
Did you not read the second part of the PP response? |