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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]in other countries, youth players have economic value. Here, they only have as much value as their parents are willing to pay since there is barely any demand.

Baseball is another story... we have minor league systems and players are assigned a $ value once they are in the minor league system, prospects are bought and sold all the time.

Soccer - eh, maybe when MLS turns 50 we will have something like that.[/quote]

And in money sports the money flows down from the pro levels. The Nationals pay for fields and uniforms for Little League kids in DC for example. In soccer, the money flows up -- or at least everyone is trying to make it flow up. Rec players are expected to subsidize travel programs, travel players are expected to subsidize higher level programs. When DC United comes to talk about a "partnership" with a youth soccer club, they're talking about the club buying overpriced season tickets and little else. Even part of the annual registration fees that referees pay go to subsidize referees for MLS. [/quote]

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