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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The distinction is that there is no ability to get a waiver if you attend a public school.  The waiver only exists for players in private schools.  From the DA rules:

"Only players who have been granted a waiver by the League Office will be allowed to remain on their clubs Academy roster during the high school soccer season (waivers are not available for middle school). This waiver must be received by DA office before September 1, 2018, to be considered for the roster exemption. The waiver eligibility guidelines are as follows:(1) Players who receive consideration or financial aid to attend a [u][b]private[/b][/u] high school based on their participation with the soccer team are eligible . . . " (emphasis added).

[b]If you are in a public school and want to play for your school team, then you have to quit DA[/b].

Maybe your point is that this is a distinction without any practical difference.  But if that is the case, then the rule for requesting waivers should either be deleted from the DA rules, or re-written to apply to both public and private schools.
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Re the bolded, we have known a few kids who played for their public HS in the fall, and then played for a DA club in the spring--no waiver needed, because the kid is not rostered to the DA team until they join after the end of the HS season.  This arrangement only works if kids have a good relationship with the DA program and have discussed their plans in advance.  We also know several kids who played HS freshman and senior years, and DA sophomore and junior so they could get the benefit of the DA recruiting platform and have the fun of HS ball.[/quote]

Yes, this is not materially different from those who attend private school but aren't being funded for it, which was the original point.   US Soccer does not want any of these kids playing HS soccer.   They have implemented a mechanism to allow waivers for those who receive financial assistance to attend a private school, which makes sense especially for those parents who need the financial help to attend a good school.   Remember, there are many areas of the country that do NOT have the great public schools we do in this oasis around Washington DC.   This is not a class issue, it's a common sense way to address the problem for those kids.

Now, there is the argument of whether or not HS ball helps or or doesn't with their development (my opinion is that it doesn't).  But, there's no need to try to attempt to villify an exception that makes sense if you think about it in rational terms.[/quote]

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