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[quote=Anonymous]Another interesting part is to allow young pro players to play college soccer.

College soccer eligibility rules should be modernized to reflect today’s environment and build more 
integrated pathways with domestic professional leagues. The Committee recommends exploring 
mechanisms that strengthen college soccer as a key development pathway for players with professional 
potential while maintaining academic integrity. As professional opportunities for young players expand, 
rules should evolve to better align the college and professional environments. Areas for exploration 
include: 1) allowing players who have signed or are under rights agreements with professional teams to 
pursue college competition, drawing from models used in other U.S. sports such as hockey. This 
framework should allow players to pursue a degree while also exploring ways for professional teams to 
fund some or all of their scholarships, 2) supporting a “second chance” pathway for players to enroll and 
compete in college after previously starting a professional career that has stalled, and 3) broadening 
opportunities for players to train with professional teams outside the academic calendar (e.g., summer 
training) without compromising eligibility. These rules would need to accommodate the differences 
between various leagues in player entry mechanisms (e.g., those with a college draft or not) and each 
league’s players’ union will be an important stakeholder in advancing this recommendation.[/quote]

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