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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she develops into a world class player, I can see parents will start pulling their kids at 7 years old too.

They home schooled her in order for her to focus more on soccer. I’m curious if her grades will be good enough based upon NCAA standards to be accepted to UNC at 18 if she didn’t go pro. I’m not bashing home schooling, but rather the extreme amount of time focused on soccer instead of education. [/quote]

La Masia requires the academy kids to get an education, learn Catalan as well as a second foreign language.  Players come out with a great education.  They state so few make it to first the teams/get the big contracts, they need an education.  They have schooling 7-2pm. Talking to former Academy players/ex-Barca players in Barcelona-  they had lucrative careers having nothing to do with soccer— business, phDs, etc.  They also help their academy players deal with media/can’t talk to media (they are banned from it), protect them, train only a certain number of hours, etc.

Not all European academies are the same.  Some are notorious for bringing over African players and then dumping them with zero resources when they don’t pan out.

I think this girls parents are a-holes trying to make bank like a Hollywood mom.

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