ECNL moving to school year not calendar

[Anonymous]

Allowing late birthday players to play with her grade team will be fair for the trapped players to compete for a college spot during recruiting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this really what the email says? "[H]e has not come up" ? Doesn't sound right.

Chatgpt isn't perfect.

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Anonymous wrote:To provide a better product for college coaches, it makes sense for ECNL to allow late birthday players an option to play down. This is a win-win for both college coaches and trapped players. It also gives ECNL an edge if GA does not follow through.

November 2008 kid playing 2009's

November 2008 kid playing 2008s or 2007's

Who are the college coaches looking at to recruit?

Without giving the option for late birthday players to play down with her same-grade team, she will not be eligible for recruiting when the college coaches watch her team in the showcase during recruiting. When she is junior and ready to recruit, her teammates are seniors and already done with recruiting. College coaches will spend valuable time watching the younger team during the showcase. The current birth year without an option for late birthday players to play down gives 25% of players a much more difficult time than the other 75% during the recruiting process.

This is 100% true. Anybody saying otherwise is clueless.

So ECNL players don't contact colleges/coaches?

They just go to ID camps and showcases and cross their fingers?

When it is time for late birthday players to go to the showcase, 75% of teammates are already done with recruiting. Most college coaches would watch the younger team in the showcase, as 75% are in the recruiting window. At least ECNL should give the late birthday players an option to play down to join their grade team. This will give them the same exposure to college recruiting. It is not fair for late birthday players to overcome extra difficulties compared with other players in the same grade.

This what happens in the world of entitlement and privilege.
Anything not easy and laid out on a platter without adversity isn't fair.

God forbid all these spoiled kids and parents gotta do some work and reach out to market themselves to college coaches.
No, the college coaches must come and pick them like a diamond out of the jewelry case.
smh

Ah- it’s you. The gaslighter. Only a gaslighter would suggest a trapped player who gets two seasons cut off their soccer career and who are held to strict NCAA windows which conflict with birth year windows are spoiled kids who do nothing to try to get recruited. Please….they have to do 2x the work of any other player. Anybody who says otherwise has their head in the sand..I bet you also think it’s great that NCAA rules are based on grad year not birth year..😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this really what the email says? "[H]e has not come up" ? Doesn't sound right.

That is a word for word copy and paste. Not fake. I only left out my name. But yes they got something mixed up there.

[Anonymous]

Sorry to hurt your feeling. But if I could post the screen shot I would. This is not even being talked about. So anything online or on twitter is all fake news. Of you don’t believe me just send an email to ECNL you’ll get a similar response.

[Anonymous]

Here are the four bad deals for a trapped player. 1. In her 8th grade, her team is off during high school season, so there is no team practice or game for her for the next 3 or 4 months. 2. In her 12th grade, her team is gone, so have to find a new team. 3. When her team is in the recruiting process and goes to showcase, she is not eligible to be recruited. When she is in her recruiting window, her team is done recruiting. 4. She can never play in the same team as her classmates. Considering I am also paying $4K for ECNL, can we ask for an option to allow her to play in her grade team so all girls graduating in the same year have an equal opportunity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here are the four bad deals for a trapped player. 1. In her 8th grade, her team is off during high school season, so there is no team practice or game for her for the next 3 or 4 months. 2. In her 12th grade, her team is gone, so have to find a new team. 3. When her team is in the recruiting process and goes to showcase, she is not eligible to be recruited. When she is in her recruiting window, her team is done recruiting. 4. She can never play in the same team as her classmates. Considering I am also paying $4K for ECNL, can we ask for an option to allow her to play in her grade team so all girls graduating in the same year have an equal opportunity?

Email ECNL directly not just post on here. Do something or stop complaining. Here is the commissioners email. It’s on the website.

[e-mail]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From ECNL. Sorry GY enthusiasts.

This has been a topic of discussion in social media for the last three months. Christian and Doug even discussed it on ECNL podcast breaking the line. I recommend that you listen to that episode.

Since then, no further discussions have been had. Christian is always in conversations with US Soccer but he has not come up in a conversation as of late.

If a change in birth year to school year would happen, our membership would be informed immediately.

It makes sense that ECNL is talking to US Soccer because they can't make the change without their approval. The change is unlikely to happen unless US Soccer makes the change as the governing body. If recruiting is the root issue allow universities to talk to kids in December of the year they turn 15 instead of the end of their sophomore year.

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Anonymous wrote:To provide a better product for college coaches, it makes sense for ECNL to allow late birthday players an option to play down. This is a win-win for both college coaches and trapped players. It also gives ECNL an edge if GA does not follow through.

November 2008 kid playing 2009's

November 2008 kid playing 2008s or 2007's

Who are the college coaches looking at to recruit?

Without giving the option for late birthday players to play down with her same-grade team, she will not be eligible for recruiting when the college coaches watch her team in the showcase during recruiting. When she is junior and ready to recruit, her teammates are seniors and already done with recruiting. College coaches will spend valuable time watching the younger team during the showcase. The current birth year without an option for late birthday players to play down gives 25% of players a much more difficult time than the other 75% during the recruiting process.

This is 100% true. Anybody saying otherwise is clueless.

So ECNL players don't contact colleges/coaches?

They just go to ID camps and showcases and cross their fingers?

When it is time for late birthday players to go to the showcase, 75% of teammates are already done with recruiting. Most college coaches would watch the younger team in the showcase, as 75% are in the recruiting window. At least ECNL should give the late birthday players an option to play down to join their grade team. This will give them the same exposure to college recruiting. It is not fair for late birthday players to overcome extra difficulties compared with other players in the same grade.

This what happens in the world of entitlement and privilege.
Anything not easy and laid out on a platter without adversity isn't fair.

God forbid all these spoiled kids and parents gotta do some work and reach out to market themselves to college coaches.
No, the college coaches must come and pick them like a diamond out of the jewelry case.
smh

Ah- it’s you. The gaslighter. Only a gaslighter would suggest a trapped player who gets two seasons cut off their soccer career and who are held to strict NCAA windows which conflict with birth year windows are spoiled kids who do nothing to try to get recruited. Please….they have to do 2x the work of any other player. Anybody who says otherwise has their head in the sand..I bet you also think it’s great that NCAA rules are based on grad year not birth year..😂

Seems like the parents are trapped in ECNL and the kids suffer.

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Anonymous wrote:To provide a better product for college coaches, it makes sense for ECNL to allow late birthday players an option to play down. This is a win-win for both college coaches and trapped players. It also gives ECNL an edge if GA does not follow through.

November 2008 kid playing 2009's

November 2008 kid playing 2008s or 2007's

Who are the college coaches looking at to recruit?

Without giving the option for late birthday players to play down with her same-grade team, she will not be eligible for recruiting when the college coaches watch her team in the showcase during recruiting. When she is junior and ready to recruit, her teammates are seniors and already done with recruiting. College coaches will spend valuable time watching the younger team during the showcase. The current birth year without an option for late birthday players to play down gives 25% of players a much more difficult time than the other 75% during the recruiting process.

This is 100% true. Anybody saying otherwise is clueless.

So ECNL players don't contact colleges/coaches?

They just go to ID camps and showcases and cross their fingers?

When it is time for late birthday players to go to the showcase, 75% of teammates are already done with recruiting. Most college coaches would watch the younger team in the showcase, as 75% are in the recruiting window. At least ECNL should give the late birthday players an option to play down to join their grade team. This will give them the same exposure to college recruiting. It is not fair for late birthday players to overcome extra difficulties compared with other players in the same grade.

This what happens in the world of entitlement and privilege.
Anything not easy and laid out on a platter without adversity isn't fair.

God forbid all these spoiled kids and parents gotta do some work and reach out to market themselves to college coaches.
No, the college coaches must come and pick them like a diamond out of the jewelry case.
smh

Ah- it’s you. The gaslighter. Only a gaslighter would suggest a trapped player who gets two seasons cut off their soccer career and who are held to strict NCAA windows which conflict with birth year windows are spoiled kids who do nothing to try to get recruited. Please….they have to do 2x the work of any other player. Anybody who says otherwise has their head in the sand..I bet you also think it’s great that NCAA rules are based on grad year not birth year..😂

Does NCAA rules conflict with MLS Next (birth year)?

[Anonymous]

I ran into our TD and he said that it's all but a done deal at this point. He wasn't sure when it would be announced but all clubs should be aware of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I ran into our TD and he said that it's all but a done deal at this point. He wasn't sure when it would be announced but all clubs should be aware of this.

I ran into the same TD later. He said he was just pulling your chain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I ran into our TD and he said that it's all but a done deal at this point. He wasn't sure when it would be announced but all clubs should be aware of this.

Not here to argue just provided the information I received from a reliable source. The commissioner of ECNL.

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Anonymous wrote:I ran into our TD and he said that it's all but a done deal at this point. He wasn't sure when it would be announced but all clubs should be aware of this.

Not here to argue just provided the information I received from a reliable source. The commissioner of ECNL.

Will ECNL do anything to the trapped players, or will it just keep things as they are and let trapped players face more hurdles than other players?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I ran into our TD and he said that it's all but a done deal at this point. He wasn't sure when it would be announced but all clubs should be aware of this.

Not here to argue just provided the information I received from a reliable source. The commissioner of ECNL.

Will ECNL do anything to the trapped players, or will it just keep things as they are and let trapped players face more hurdles than other players?

That info was not given to me. I know nothing outside of what was shared with me.