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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And apparently Arlington takes anyone to pad their pockets with 6 teams per age group at U9 and U10[/quote]
Why shouldn't they? At U9 and U10, the bigger your talent pool is to develop over the next few years so that when these kids are 13 and 14 - when the pool starts to thin out -  they have a terrific group of talent to select from. What's wrong with that? And the more money the club makes the more it can funnel into programs and coaches, sooooo....what's wrong with that? Unless it's the bruised ego since the perception of U9 travel is that it is supposed to be exclusive and elite hence the "....apparently Arlington takes anyone...." comment.[/quote]

You are fooling yourself if you think that's a development pool.  They never even give the bottom 4 teams another look after they pick them at age 8.[/quote]

That is just not true. Please don't perpetuate that kind of attitude. Development is long-term. Someone mediocre at age 8 could be a star by 14, and a star at age 9 could have leveled out to be mediocre by 16.[/quote]

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