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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don't need two elite national leagues. Period. We just don't. The GA was formed so that parents and club directs could save face. If you want to kill off EDP/National League than admit that but don't try to argue that you are going to compete against ECNL because that ship has sailed.

Signed, Non-ECNL/DA/GA parent.[/quote]

Not everyone wants to play for their local ECNL club.  You act as if the league makes the player.  The reality is that most kids are average even in ECNL.  I'm not sure why parents think they should play at the highest level when they are just average.[/quote]

Because they want to have a shot at being a college athlete.[/quote]

Not all college athletes come from ECNL teams.  Many come from other clubs that still have good teams that can beat the ECNL teams. [/quote]

PP here. I know plenty of college players who did not play ECNL/DA.

My post about ECNL and GA is that you don't need another league claiming to be elite. As a matter of fact, you don't need another regional/national league format when one is already in place. All GA does is creates another competitor for an existing platform. Ask GA parents why they weren't excited about EDP. It is because they are elitists and wanted to be better in the eyes of ECNL, "Hey, ECNL, we are just as coll as you."  If the soccer snobs had just let this play out, local clubs in the east would have joined EDP and become part of the NL. 
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Both ECNL and GA are closed-system by "application only" single tier leagues.  EDP is more open and has a healthier model, which has a much lower entry barrier and has promotion-relegation across multiple divisions.  However, EDP is generally a lower level of play at least with respect to ECNL. [/quote]

And had DA teams become part of EDP, EDP would have been stronger than what GA is today.[/quote]

False.[/quote]

+1 . EDP doesn’t offer anything that a club can’t get In any other league. It is just a scheduling provider.[/quote]

I think you both misunderstood the PP.   EDP has some strong teams.  His point was that if GA clubs joined EDP, the joint league would have been stronger than just GA.  There would have been more competition than in a small closed pond. [/quote]

And yes, that is exactly my point.
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