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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WADR, You folks are part of the pay-to-play lobby.

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Also, read the link. Nothing wrong with doing travel if you have the funds and time but if you don't, there are often other options. https://slate.com/culture/2018/11/youth-sports-income-inequality-child-investment.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_ru  [/quote]

Lots of words here, but better to just cut to the chase.  Seems most discussions these days are distilling down to capitalism vs socialism these days in general.  I, for one, hate bringing politics into youth sports, but it seems like a common tactic here.  Sure, there are poor kids who do well in soccer (and other sports!).   They are not the rule....there is no correlation between being poor and excelling at sports, certainly no causation.  Those who are exceptional and determined find a way.  The football field and basketball courts are filled with them.   Soccer, in this country, does not reward financially, thus you will find fewer of these kinds of stories here.

But, to claim that people who observe how things work through their experiences are somehow lobbying for “pay to play” is missing the point.  You need data to prove that making elite soccer teams is easy from a classic environment (it isn’t, unless the player is very talented and has found these unicorn environments to develop them).   The way to change the situation is to make the sport as valued and lucrative in this country as it is in Europe.  Then, there will be incentive for the poorer, athletic kids to play soccer instead of basketball and football, and the wealthy academies will recruit them from early ages and pay for their development.  An “even” playing field.  But no need for a socialistic program to try to doctor the situation.
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