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ECNL moving to school year not calendar
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Anonymous
Very true The entitlement clique posse |
Anonymous
They didn’t use the word AND, they used OR. And you can’t have national classic tournaments if some states are 9/1 and others are 8/1. Hence, why USSF said “or” |
Anonymous
I’m not following you. The second part says “this includes understanding more about the implications between various school year start dates (e.g., 8/1 vs. 9/1) and how to resolve instances where teams organized with different registration calendars want to compete.” It acknowledges that states have different start dates and uses as an example “(8/1 vs 9/1)”. In the first part it says that school year “could mean August 1 or September 1, and organizing around school year should be a local decision.” No where does it say that there are only 3 options - BY, Aug 1 or Sept 1. Those are just the three most common options being discussed. It’s clear USSF wants to give individual leagues the discretion, with some guidance, to do what’s best for that league and market. |
Anonymous
Of course you can. It’s 30 days difference! It’s meaningless. |
Anonymous
If your kid is not playing pro in Europe by the time they are 18…you wasted your time and money anyways. Should have just gone on nice trips instead of paying for Johnny to get those private lessons. And if your goal is to play college- that is essentially rec level anyways. |
Anonymous
This! I don’t think many of our fellow top level soccer parents understand how bad college soccer actually is. And by extension, how bad top level American youth soccer actually is. |
Anonymous
At higher levels, clubs find themselves going to surrounding communities to be able to compete. Sure you could have a close-knit, parent-controlled squad. They won't be winning very much, tho, unless the parents keep the team at the lowest levels in order to win. |
Anonymous
By focusing on the term "seasonal" year as opposed to "school" year, this may allow latitude within a league. For example ECNL could move to seasonal year and depending on the team (based on the state they are in), their team will register for a seasonal year that is informed by the school year. As someone mentioned, 30 days isnt material other than to the individual. This is why they would allow this type of latitude at the state/ district level. |
Anonymous
All of kid soccer is rec but at least college soccer can get you a decent education for your efforts. But yeah, if you blocked your kids from playing other sports, didn't go on real vacations other than some made up random tournament in FL or NC, chased some league for bragging purposes, stressed your kids out about their performance to the point of disliking soccer and left them with so little free time that they couldn't make real friendships along the way then you were suckered by the youth soccer industry and have little to show for it. A group wakes up around say U12 and then another group gets it around U15-16 so unless MLSN is able to convince at least say 30 percent of youth soccer to go BY, I don't see how BY doesn't go the way of the Dodo bird. MLSN moves to align with other leagues makes me think they agree. Youth soccer in America doesn't have some glorious Academies with soup to nuts pro factories and it is shocking that some think it does. It is much more like a string along Ponzi scheme with a scouting element to find some random diamonds in the tough. Not enough kids like soccer after being put through the sausage grinder that is America's version of youth soccer based on parents constant FOMO. Opinions will differ and will violently be presented of course. |
Anonymous
Except for all the American players who left here after 18th birthday and are now Pros in Europe |
Anonymous
| What other forums are discussing age change. It’s been mentioned here many times in the past 566 pages |
Anonymous
Socal soccer forum Talkingsoccer Ga soccer forum (a little) |
Anonymous
You’re right, and both times that people have these epiphanies are when major team cuts or recruiting deadlines happen. So of course, the epiphany happens when reality smack him in the face. |
Anonymous
This is what the BY people are talking about. SY creates a link with a school grade. This encourages parernt controlling behavior on teams. Also I agree with you about controlling parent cliques creating losses. My oldest had to put up with this kind of cr@p for multiple years. It was frustrating watching the losses pile up. |
Anonymous
It’s even worse for the playing up. My kid has always played up a year or two, and the kids used to love it because she’d win for them. Then the parents started to get bitter, then the kids did too. YNT has been a godsend, because her club team is just awful due to parent cliques that resent her for “taking their kids playing time” and “thinking she is better than she is” 🫠 |