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[quote=whothey][quote=Cruzado][quote=whothey][quote=Cruzado][quote=whothey][quote=Cruzado][quote=AnonymousNOT]So I have attended a few High School games already and have noticed some MSL Next players from SYC playing High School soccer at various schools.

According to MLS Next rules and regulations, players are NOT allowed to play High School soccer.

If Alexandria can do the right thing and follow MLS Next rules why can't SYC do the same?
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Give SYC the benefit of the doubt -- maybe they don't know that one of their players is also playing for his HS team in violation of the rules.

I'd report it to SYC. I'd also report it to MLS Next. It's unfair and poor sportsmanship to flout the rules of the league. [/quote]

Who is it unfair to?[/quote]

For one, it's unfair to all of the other MLS Next players who also might want to play for their high schools, but who aren't doing so because they agreed to abide by the rules of MLS Next.[/quote]

[b]That isn’t unfair, that is simply a choice.[/b] But my guess is, you believe it is unfair because you feel that MLSNext players playing on your opponents teams giving them an advantage OR MLSNext kids are playing on your school team which makes your kid a bench player.

Life isn’t fair. You can turn them in to SYC if you want but they didn’t break any HS rule by participating. And if the kids are Seniors or commuted Juniors, you’re out of luck. [/quote]

What you wrote makes no sense. "That isn't unfair, that is simply a choice."  What does that even mean?  MLS Next players agreed to abide by the rules of the league when they signed up to play MLS Next. I'm sure many of them would also like to play for their high schools, but because it's against the rules they are doing the right thing and abiding by their contract. If one MLS Next player decides that the rules don't apply to him and breaks the rules to play for his high school, that's patently unfair. Whether it's a "choice" or not is beside the point -- it's unfair.

By analogy, if MLS Next players agreed to pay $500 to participate in the league, but one player decides that the rules don't apply to him and he doesn't have to pay, but expects that he can still participate, that's also unfair.  (Yes, it's also a "choice" and it's unfair.)

It's not complicated.

And for the record, I don't have a dog in this fight. But if SYC is informed of this violation and doesn't do anything to correct it, well, it's just another black mark on SYC.

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Perhaps kids are seniors and CHOSE to play HS regardless of their MLSNext status. Perhaps kids are committed Juniors and also did not care if they were not allowed to play in MLSNext games or attend club practices while they remained on the HS team. It was their choice to weigh the consequences. This is not a moral or ethics based rule. It is a rule carried over from DA as a way of determining both commitment as well as primarily to keep players healthy and managing their workload. The function of the rule is to not have the players overworked because the MLS season matches on and does not pause for HS.

SYC is well within their rights to enforce the rule but that will not guarantee the players will stop playing for their HS team. Perhaps a kid wasn’t getting enough minutes on the MLS roster but gets to play more for his HS, how is SYC suspending him from games he barely plays in a real punishment? Every player made a decision based on their situation and your crying to SYC about it is not going to affect your HS roster.

Parents always complained about this with DA mostly because their kid got bumped out of a starting spot or perhaps off the team because a DA player decided they wanted to play HS. It isn’t against the HS rule so just mind your own business.

If a parent on a competing MLSNext team knows this is happening then they would rightfully report it to the league and not even bother with the club to ensure the player was suspended because it can affect them. But HS parents year after year with their sour grapes over this never stops being funny. [/quote]

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