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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every soccer team at every college loses money for the college. Every single one. International players are not about making money. They are about winning. Sports is about winning. If you aren’t doing everything you can to win then you will be replaced by someone who will. Sports culture is winning culture. Do we really want to make sports not about winning? Sports is close to the only true (not perfect) meritocracy around where performance is settled in the arena. Are people really saying meritocracy is bad now just because it’s in an area their kids can’t win?[/quote]

Then we have lost the plot for American college sports. I have zero problem with this for actual pro sports. But this is college. And considering several colleges don't even have mens soccer teams anymore (which is a topic for another thread), the opportunities are even less for US soccer players to play at the college level. Colleges are now hiring recruiting assistants from overseas as well (look at Missouri State who got theirs from Italy). American kids should have the opportunity to play at American colleges. I don't know any other country that would allow this on this level if the roles were reversed. [/quote]

So it’s about love of the game?

BS. It’s about winning until the system starts to work against your kid.

Get rid of recruiting, NIL and the portal and then get back to us. [/quote]

I have zero problem getting rid of NIL and the portal. taking your trolling somewhere else.[/quote]

But not recruiting? Need that hook?

So much for a level playing field.

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Level playing field for what? college admissions? I am confident my kid can get into a school on his academics. So I’m not sure what kind of trolling you’re after but it’s not working. My kid isn’t looking for a hook for admissions for soccer. He’s looking to play college soccer in the US D1.

And under your own argument, these international players are getting a hook into the schools. You think these players have 4.5 GPA and 1500+ on SATs? Did they even take the SATs?  I can’t even understand what you’re arguing. [/quote]

Of course they have a hook. All recruited players have a hook. Arguably the biggest hook in admissions. Just like your kid. You just don’t like that int’l players might have a bigger hook. Oh well. That’s the game, right?
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No. Are you day drinking? I can’t even understand how your dots connect. It’s college. International players who are coming over here just to get paid can go MLS where they are paid. I don’t want to see a 23 year old freshman from Italy who’s just here for the money at the sacrifice of someone actually here to get an education. For a sport that doesn’t even pay the bills.[/quote]

[b]But those players come for the education, too. And the chance to play. Just like your kid. [/b][/quote]

This is true. There are US and UK based companies who whose purpose is to recruit kids who've washed out of academies and try to find them an American or Canadian university to play for whilst going to school.  It's very similar to SportsRecruits and the other services that operate for American kids looking to make a college team.

I'd assume these companies, or similar ones, offer the same pay us to find you a place to play for an education to players in Spain, Portugal,  and etc.[/quote]

Companies are not placing international kids on soccer rosters of US colleges so that the can get a US degree for employment. Come on. [/quote]

Yes they are. Don't comment on something you know nothing about. [/quote]

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