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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow the back and forth on here is something!

I have a question as someone who is not nearly as knowledgeable about or invested in this stuff as most on here appear to be ;)

This merger means there is one less ECNL club in the area, correct? And at the oldest age groups, there are these so-called “trapped” players who still have a year of HS left and this will be moving to a younger age group. So the net effect is that there will be a massive influx of kids into the oldest age group, and with far fewer spots available.

It seems like the net effect will be tons of players who are currently on ECNL teams, be it at the oldest or second-oldest age groups, will suddenly be stuck without a team? And for those who haven’t signed with colleges, at a massively important moment in the recruiting process.

So whatever childish arguments are being had on this board between parents, the real losers in this process will be dozens of kids whose careers and recruitments are being totally disrupted due to the incompetence and unprofessionalism of the entire youth soccer enterprise, and particularly the craven antics of the people who run the ECNL.

While the parents on here cry into their travel soccer invoices and lament the loss of their SAHM cocktail party bragging rights about their supertalented kids playing on AN ECNL TEAM!, as always it’s the kids who end up getting totally screwed. [/quote]

Unfortunately, you are correct. [/quote]

Really? Because the number of college spots does not change along with ECNL teams. Those of us who have been around for a few years know that a great many ECNL players do not go on to play in college. Isn't it more likely that these are among the kids who won't make the new combined team?

Look, we are all sympathetic to the individual kid who doesn't make the team. But to say, "it's always the kids who end up getting totally screwed"... I don't see it. At all. This board goes on and on and on about how there are too many leagues and too many teams and how talent is diluted. Here is an attempt to consolidate the highest talent and address one of the problems soccer people love to talk about... until the change affects our own child.

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