Girls' Academy has also been approved to become a U.S. Soccer member!

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

No one will join on the girls side without a full education so that they can go to college.

They will because youth Academy soccer is considered amateur. This means you can play for an Academy and at high school graduation choose to play in college (if you want to)

Who is signing up their DD to play for Washington Spirit’s academy? They were the worst program in the DA.

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

They all are not "top" players with lots of money or time invested are they though.

Look, this country does need pro academies to compete in international soccer but we are also a very different sports culture where soccer is still a fringe sport. Yes it is growing but it will never supplant the NFL, NBA or MLB. NHL? possibly.

Regardless, our sports culture of combining academics and sports is unique to the States and SEC Football is not going to go away so that soccer can lead the charge in professionalizing youth soccer. And why you would wish for the death of college sports is baffling.

We need to figure away both can coexist because frankly, I don't care enough about our World Cup success or professional leagues enough to throw college soccer away. Our domestic leagues don't even align seasons with their European counterparts because MLS simply cannot compete with the NFL, NBA and NHL from August to June. More people will watch the NFL Draft than the MLS championship.

Know your place and your value.

Once Acadamies are availabe for women's youth players everything will sort itself out. (Just like it has for the boys)

Groups like ECNL are going to have to change if clubs can't collect talent by age group anymore because Acadamies will recruit top talent away.

DC United syphons off less than 30 players per age group. Clubs will find a way to survive

Those 30 players generally are what allows one or 2 girls ECNL clubs to dominate league games. Once you take that away all ECNL competition becomes more balanced.

Collecting talent is what frustrates most parents that dislike girls ECNL. Clubs look like masters of everything soccer because they hold back talented players by not playing them up. Parents throw fuel on the fire by all trying to play on the same team. In the end you get super teams of players that should all be playing up. Everyone else gets steamrolled.

You do realize that all of those players would be playing their age in an academy, right? Only a few would play up right now, just like ECNL. It would be all of the same top players as now but playing in academies.

No sorry that's not how it works.

Acadamies will try to play players up whenever possible. This is because the end goal is to produce the highest level of player in the shortest amount of time.

It's all about development to play professionally not league wins.

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

No one will join on the girls side without a full education so that they can go to college.

They will because youth Academy soccer is considered amateur. This means you can play for an Academy and at high school graduation choose to play in college (if you want to)

Who is signing up their DD to play for Washington Spirit’s academy? They were the worst program in the DA.

Everything will change overnight once NWSL implements a homegrown rule with enough incentive to make Acadamies viable.

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

They all are not "top" players with lots of money or time invested are they though.

Look, this country does need pro academies to compete in international soccer but we are also a very different sports culture where soccer is still a fringe sport. Yes it is growing but it will never supplant the NFL, NBA or MLB. NHL? possibly.

Regardless, our sports culture of combining academics and sports is unique to the States and SEC Football is not going to go away so that soccer can lead the charge in professionalizing youth soccer. And why you would wish for the death of college sports is baffling.

We need to figure away both can coexist because frankly, I don't care enough about our World Cup success or professional leagues enough to throw college soccer away. Our domestic leagues don't even align seasons with their European counterparts because MLS simply cannot compete with the NFL, NBA and NHL from August to June. More people will watch the NFL Draft than the MLS championship.

Know your place and your value.

Once Acadamies are availabe for women's youth players everything will sort itself out. (Just like it has for the boys)

Groups like ECNL are going to have to change if clubs can't collect talent by age group anymore because Acadamies will recruit top talent away.

DC United syphons off less than 30 players per age group. Clubs will find a way to survive

Those 30 players generally are what allows one or 2 girls ECNL clubs to dominate league games. Once you take that away all ECNL competition becomes more balanced.

Collecting talent is what frustrates most parents that dislike girls ECNL. Clubs look like masters of everything soccer because they hold back talented players by not playing them up. Parents throw fuel on the fire by all trying to play on the same team. In the end you get super teams of players that should all be playing up. Everyone else gets steamrolled.

You do realize that all of those players would be playing their age in an academy, right? Only a few would play up right now, just like ECNL. It would be all of the same top players as now but playing in academies.

No sorry that's not how it works.

Acadamies will try to play players up whenever possible. This is because the end goal is to produce the highest level of player in the shortest amount of time.

It's all about development to play professionally not league wins.

So academies will play all of their players up a year?

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

No one will join on the girls side without a full education so that they can go to college.

They will because youth Academy soccer is considered amateur. This means you can play for an Academy and at high school graduation choose to play in college (if you want to)

Who is signing up their DD to play for Washington Spirit’s academy? They were the worst program in the DA.

Everything will change overnight once NWSL implements a homegrown rule with enough incentive to make Acadamies viable.

Are you spelling academies wrong on purpose now?

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

They all are not "top" players with lots of money or time invested are they though.

Look, this country does need pro academies to compete in international soccer but we are also a very different sports culture where soccer is still a fringe sport. Yes it is growing but it will never supplant the NFL, NBA or MLB. NHL? possibly.

Regardless, our sports culture of combining academics and sports is unique to the States and SEC Football is not going to go away so that soccer can lead the charge in professionalizing youth soccer. And why you would wish for the death of college sports is baffling.

We need to figure away both can coexist because frankly, I don't care enough about our World Cup success or professional leagues enough to throw college soccer away. Our domestic leagues don't even align seasons with their European counterparts because MLS simply cannot compete with the NFL, NBA and NHL from August to June. More people will watch the NFL Draft than the MLS championship.

Know your place and your value.

Once Acadamies are availabe for women's youth players everything will sort itself out. (Just like it has for the boys)

Groups like ECNL are going to have to change if clubs can't collect talent by age group anymore because Acadamies will recruit top talent away.

DC United syphons off less than 30 players per age group. Clubs will find a way to survive

Those 30 players generally are what allows one or 2 girls ECNL clubs to dominate league games. Once you take that away all ECNL competition becomes more balanced.

Collecting talent is what frustrates most parents that dislike girls ECNL. Clubs look like masters of everything soccer because they hold back talented players by not playing them up. Parents throw fuel on the fire by all trying to play on the same team. In the end you get super teams of players that should all be playing up. Everyone else gets steamrolled.

You do realize that all of those players would be playing their age in an academy, right? Only a few would play up right now, just like ECNL. It would be all of the same top players as now but playing in academies.

No sorry that's not how it works.

Acadamies will try to play players up whenever possible. This is because the end goal is to produce the highest level of player in the shortest amount of time.

It's all about development to play professionally not league wins.

So academies will play all of their players up a year?

It's done on a case by case basis. But in general yes, Academy players are the best of the best of their birth year. These are the type of players that can play up.

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

They all are not "top" players with lots of money or time invested are they though.

Look, this country does need pro academies to compete in international soccer but we are also a very different sports culture where soccer is still a fringe sport. Yes it is growing but it will never supplant the NFL, NBA or MLB. NHL? possibly.

Regardless, our sports culture of combining academics and sports is unique to the States and SEC Football is not going to go away so that soccer can lead the charge in professionalizing youth soccer. And why you would wish for the death of college sports is baffling.

We need to figure away both can coexist because frankly, I don't care enough about our World Cup success or professional leagues enough to throw college soccer away. Our domestic leagues don't even align seasons with their European counterparts because MLS simply cannot compete with the NFL, NBA and NHL from August to June. More people will watch the NFL Draft than the MLS championship.

Know your place and your value.

Once Acadamies are availabe for women's youth players everything will sort itself out. (Just like it has for the boys)

Groups like ECNL are going to have to change if clubs can't collect talent by age group anymore because Acadamies will recruit top talent away.

DC United syphons off less than 30 players per age group. Clubs will find a way to survive

Those 30 players generally are what allows one or 2 girls ECNL clubs to dominate league games. Once you take that away all ECNL competition becomes more balanced.

Collecting talent is what frustrates most parents that dislike girls ECNL. Clubs look like masters of everything soccer because they hold back talented players by not playing them up. Parents throw fuel on the fire by all trying to play on the same team. In the end you get super teams of players that should all be playing up. Everyone else gets steamrolled.

You do realize that all of those players would be playing their age in an academy, right? Only a few would play up right now, just like ECNL. It would be all of the same top players as now but playing in academies.

No sorry that's not how it works.

Acadamies will try to play players up whenever possible. This is because the end goal is to produce the highest level of player in the shortest amount of time.

It's all about development to play professionally not league wins.

So academies will play all of their players up a year?

It's done on a case by case basis. But in general yes, Academy players are the best of the best of their birth year. These are the type of players that can play up.

So not everyone. Only a select few. Just like now.

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

No one will join on the girls side without a full education so that they can go to college.

They will because youth Academy soccer is considered amateur. This means you can play for an Academy and at high school graduation choose to play in college (if you want to)

Who is signing up their DD to play for Washington Spirit’s academy? They were the worst program in the DA.

Everything will change overnight once NWSL implements a homegrown rule with enough incentive to make Acadamies viable.

Are you spelling academies wrong on purpose now?

No just ignoring you because you've stopped trying to discuss soccer and are being a grammar Nazi to try and feel some sense of superiority.

Go back to your hobbit hole troll.

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

No one will join on the girls side without a full education so that they can go to college.

They will because youth Academy soccer is considered amateur. This means you can play for an Academy and at high school graduation choose to play in college (if you want to)

Who is signing up their DD to play for Washington Spirit’s academy? They were the worst program in the DA.

Everything will change overnight once NWSL implements a homegrown rule with enough incentive to make Acadamies viable.

Are you spelling academies wrong on purpose now?

No just ignoring you because you've stopped trying to discuss soccer and are being a grammar Nazi to try and feel some sense of superiority.

Go back to your hobbit hole troll.

+100000000000000000000000

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

No one will join on the girls side without a full education so that they can go to college.

They will because youth Academy soccer is considered amateur. This means you can play for an Academy and at high school graduation choose to play in college (if you want to)

Who is signing up their DD to play for Washington Spirit’s academy? They were the worst program in the DA.

Everything will change overnight once NWSL implements a homegrown rule with enough incentive to make Acadamies viable.

Will Nwsl have their own league or will they partner with an existing league?

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

No one will join on the girls side without a full education so that they can go to college.

They will because youth Academy soccer is considered amateur. This means you can play for an Academy and at high school graduation choose to play in college (if you want to)

Who is signing up their DD to play for Washington Spirit’s academy? They were the worst program in the DA.

Everything will change overnight once NWSL implements a homegrown rule with enough incentive to make Acadamies viable.

Will Nwsl have their own league or will they partner with an existing league?

The easiest way for NWSL to implement Academies is to copy MLS Next.

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

No one will join on the girls side without a full education so that they can go to college.

They will because youth Academy soccer is considered amateur. This means you can play for an Academy and at high school graduation choose to play in college (if you want to)

Who is signing up their DD to play for Washington Spirit’s academy? They were the worst program in the DA.

Everything will change overnight once NWSL implements a homegrown rule with enough incentive to make Acadamies viable.

Will Nwsl have their own league or will they partner with an existing league?

The easiest way for NWSL to implement Academies is to copy MLS Next.

So this isn’t happening anytime soon?

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Anonymous wrote:I foresee MLS and NWSL fixing their schedules to better align with the FIFA calendars. NWSL specifically has some teams that definitely suffer during international play windows in ticket sales and performance.

LOL!!!

They'll fix the schedules if they want to lose money. Sorry, but as much as MLS has grown it is just not competing against our big three during the peak of their seasons.

MLS needs to align but it is understandable why they don't.

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

No one will join on the girls side without a full education so that they can go to college.

They will because youth Academy soccer is considered amateur. This means you can play for an Academy and at high school graduation choose to play in college (if you want to)

Who is signing up their DD to play for Washington Spirit’s academy? They were the worst program in the DA.

Everything will change overnight once NWSL implements a homegrown rule with enough incentive to make Acadamies viable.

Will Nwsl have their own league or will they partner with an existing league?

The easiest way for NWSL to implement Academies is to copy MLS Next.

So this isn’t happening anytime soon?

It could happen tomorrow or it could happen in X number of years.

NWSL club valuation is going up exponentially right now without doing "anythhing". If this is happening independent of what's being presented on the field there's no need to get into the Academy game.

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Anonymous wrote:Acadamies at least are honest about the end goal. If you're good enough you play professionally and if you're not you don't. Traditionally while you're learning how to play Acadeny soccer is free.

College sports could be good but colleges are greedy. If every player received a guaranteed 4 year scholarship then it would completely make sense. If colleges paid players an actual hourly wage it would also make sense. The problem with college sports is often the value of being a student athlete isn't there. Also because the player college relationship is 99% in favor of the college coaches have too much power and it leads to abuse of players. (Coach's dropping players if the find something better, coach's sexually abusing players by dangling their scholarship, and these are just a couple off the top of my head)

The academy might be free but the distance education or private education is not free.

It is impossible to dedicate to an academy while doing traditional schooling.

And academy coaches don't wield power? Tear an ACL is the academy going to care?

Academies are a business and you are their product. If they can't play you or sell you they cut you. It is not for everyone and it should not be promoted as though they would serve the interests of any more than the .0001%.

College can be extremely harsh as well but at least you are also attending school and preparing for a career while hopefully enjoying some aspect of the sport.

There really is no backup plan after getting cut from an academy.

The top Acadamies in Europe have "education" tied into development. Usually this revolves around soccer tactics and training but they also teach players how to speak multiple languages. This is because it makes the players more marketable to clubs in different countries.

Clubs do not usually drop top players from academy programs if they have ACL injuries. However they might sell via transfer fee or trade them to another academy. This is because acadamies value development and the time spent to be top talent.

No one will join on the girls side without a full education so that they can go to college.

They will because youth Academy soccer is considered amateur. This means you can play for an Academy and at high school graduation choose to play in college (if you want to)

Who is signing up their DD to play for Washington Spirit’s academy? They were the worst program in the DA.

Everything will change overnight once NWSL implements a homegrown rule with enough incentive to make Acadamies viable.

How do you expect things to change overnight when you can't even convince a web forum?

I mean, we are the ones who are supposed to be bringing our kids to these academies you speak of and I think by and large, most in here really don't care that much about whether it happens or not.

I'm fine with and believe an academy system is needed for NWSL but I don't think it should come at the expense of college athletics. I think there is room for both.

I also think a NWSL academy system will take much longer to both happen and mature than you realize.