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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is changing the soccer scene in NOVA contingent to USA as a whole or can we lift from the ground up a new environment? All these partnerships, organizations, leagues, ridiculous fees feeding bloated salaries for YOUTH SOCCER and all the charade it has become this college machine scam to sell to parents?[/quote]

I can only respond to your first question because the second makes no sense. NCSL (WAGS back in the day) was/is as close to a grass roots local organization as there has been, and what you see is that teams/clubs get to division 1, and then look for more competition elsewhere. It is the competitive desire that fuels this. If you can only point to one cause, it simply starts with parents looking for the best for their kids. I don't think you can ever avoid this basic parental instinct, and as a result, youth sports is in a continuous state of change. Barring youth sports becoming a govt run thing (ahem), I think you're stuck with this scenario which is fed by a mostly free market.

We already have a pretty good solution. NCSL is a large, mostly local, tiered system with pro/rel. Yes, there are warts that are common with many large not for profit youth sports orgs. But by and large, it offers what most people seem to want. And yet, teams and clubs run from it looking for better.  If you are not happy with the variety of options available, it seems like it would be better to choose the one that is closest to your needs and put your energies into that.[/quote]

This is spot on.  If you want competitive, affordable, local soccer then support options like NCSL.  Many people complain a lot about the current state of travel soccer and then continue to buy the latest travel soccer snake oil.  If you do not want to spend $4K - $5K per year, do not want to travel all over Virginia for league games etc. then stop supporting it with your dollars.[/quote]

big clubs don't like leagues like NCSL. On the one hand they are selling access to more elite leagues, on the other hand, those leagues are set with no possibility of relegation. The last thing they want is fluid movement because they may end up losing out [/quote]

Hmm, I dunno about that. Most of the coaches I have seen are uber competitive, and like a challenge. They would love to be free from the shackles of development and left to focus on winning games. In fact, that is one main fault of pro/rel ... it tends to contribute to win at all cost mentalities. Alot of folks here think that is a bad thing. [/quote]

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