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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is such a clusterF. Too many clubs and egos and too much money involved to get anything productive done. All the stupid leagues and the far flung travel just make the sport less accessible and more expensive in time and money.

There is no reason for 12 year olds to travel to PA and SC to play league games. I just wished they would burn the whole thing down and start over. National/regional club hierarchies and defined player progression for players - neighborhood clubs feeding regional clubs, feeding professional clubs. But it will never happen. Instead we’ll just pay 3k/year to the club and rack up car and plane trips to play teams that are basically the same as the one 15 minutes away. [/quote]

Did you even read the press release and the clubs involved and the word "Regional"?[/quote]

Yes, I can read, and this news does not exist in a vacuum. Explain to me how DA, ECNL, ECNL regional, CCL, CCLII, NCSL, ODSL and whatever other leagues I missed are all necessary? How do they add anything other than confusion, disorganization, and cost to the situation?

Imagine if we had a clear hierarchy from the pro teams to second tier of regional training center clubs, down to another tier of neighborhoods clubs. With staff that actively push their players up through that developmental setup - coaches that are actively developing players rather than trying to build teams to win and keep parents happy so that they get paid. Clubs that are there to develop players, rather than fight over the parents checkbooks.

You can’t tell me there aren’t enough players in dc/md/noVA to field 8 competitive teams that would negate any need to drive to ny/pa/nj/nc/sc or even Roanoke or va beach for youth league games. It should not cost this much and it should not be this hard. If you make it to the top and are on the pro youth team - sure, maybe travel would make sense. But it won’t happen, because every club wants to be elite, and you can’t be elite if there aren’t teams in your league from the middle of nowhere. [/quote]

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