Is Division 1 really a worthwhile goal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe because the vast majority of parents aren't stupid enough to think that their kid has a future in professional soccer, and think that getting into a good college, and possibly getting a scholarship is far more important.

my kid who recently graduated and played D1 is making 80k a year. How many "professional" soccer players are making that? Her company is going to pay for her graduate school and by the time she is done with that will be making around 120k, ad din the cost of grad school there might be 1% of all "professional" soccer players who will make the same as she has made in the next 4 years.

https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categories/world-news/report-10-highest-paid-female-footballers/248371

Very few like less than 10 worldwide make over 100k. I will stick with using soccer to get into a great school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of us don't want to raise nerdy kids that sit at home all day watching Jeopardy and reruns of its academic

Please, as if it is that binary.

I've seen some kids flip on the Fortnite on the sidelines with their phones while sitting on the bench. But they're on travel so their 'fit'. Yeah right.

[Anonymous]

Kids can like video games and be fit lol how is it one or the other?

[Anonymous]

I'm the poster who said I was relieved that my kids weren't athletic because the idea of travel teams sounded horrific. I guess I really struck a nerve with many of you -- I come back a few days later and there's post after post attacking me and my children. Very typical of sports-obsessed parents who live through their children. They get defensive. Just remember, sports are fleeting. Virtually every athlete is washed up by his or her mid 20s. Then what do you have in common with your washed up kids? Reliving the fleeting glory years together? How pathetic.

We did cheer -- and very loudly -- at our kids' rec league games, by the way. We also laughed like hell. I'm not against sports at all. I just don't believe in living and dying for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm the poster who said I was relieved that my kids weren't athletic because the idea of travel teams sounded horrific. I guess I really struck a nerve with many of you -- I come back a few days later and there's post after post attacking me and my children. Very typical of sports-obsessed parents who live through their children. They get defensive. Just remember, sports are fleeting. Virtually every athlete is washed up by his or her mid 20s. Then what do you have in common with your washed up kids? Reliving the fleeting glory years together? How pathetic.

We did cheer -- and very loudly -- at our kids' rec league games, by the way. We also laughed like hell. I'm not against sports at all. I just don't believe in living and dying for them.

Er, no.
You got attacked for jumping into a topic that has absolutely nothing to do with you.
Go away.

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of us don't want to raise nerdy kids that sit at home all day watching Jeopardy and reruns of its academic

Nerds have gotten a lot hipper since you beat them up in high school.

(Seriously -- yeah, the person who derailed this thread is a Grade A troll, but I'm sure that person is laughing hysterically at this response.)

my kid who recently graduated and played D1 is making 80k a year. How many "professional" soccer players are making that? Her company is going to pay for her graduate school and by the time she is done with that will be making around 120k, ad din the cost of grad school there might be 1% of all "professional" soccer players who will make the same as she has made in the next 4 years.

https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categ...paid-female-footballers/248371

Very few like less than 10 worldwide make over 100k. I will stick with using soccer to get into a great school.

On a related note, don't go into journalism.

(To be picky, most if not all of the U.S. national team makes six figures even before bonuses. See http://media.philly.com/storage/philly/tannenwald/20160204_ussf_vs_uswnt_initial_filing.pdf -- Exhibit D. And the average salaries at Lyon and PSG are well north of six figures -- see https://www.globalsportssalaries.com/GSSS%202017.pdf for the rundown. But that just means the number of women's players making six figures is ... maybe 50? Still pretty small. And yet I know people who went to really good schools who continue to play in the NWSL in their 30s.)

those are some sad odds to make that much money. 50 people making 100k out of how many? no worry i am not going into journalism, doesn't pay enufff

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of us don't want to raise nerdy kids that sit at home all day watching Jeopardy and reruns of its academic

Nerds have gotten a lot hipper since you beat them up in high school.

(Seriously -- yeah, the person who derailed this thread is a Grade A troll, but I'm sure that person is laughing hysterically at this response.)

my kid who recently graduated and played D1 is making 80k a year. How many "professional" soccer players are making that? Her company is going to pay for her graduate school and by the time she is done with that will be making around 120k, ad din the cost of grad school there might be 1% of all "professional" soccer players who will make the same as she has made in the next 4 years.

https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categ...paid-female-footballers/248371

Very few like less than 10 worldwide make over 100k. I will stick with using soccer to get into a great school.

On a related note, don't go into journalism.

(To be picky, most if not all of the U.S. national team makes six figures even before bonuses. See http://media.philly.com/storage/philly/tannenwald/20160204_ussf_vs_uswnt_initial_filing.pdf -- Exhibit D. And the average salaries at Lyon and PSG are well north of six figures -- see https://www.globalsportssalaries.com/GSSS%202017.pdf for the rundown. But that just means the number of women's players making six figures is ... maybe 50? Still pretty small. And yet I know people who went to really good schools who continue to play in the NWSL in their 30s.)

those are some sad odds to make that much money. 50 people making 100k out of how many? no worry i am not going into journalism, doesn't pay enufff

You're not thinking about it the right way. Sure you might make six figures at the height of your short playing career, but by the time you're 30, you can move into the lucrative world of youth soccer coaching.