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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is extremely weird to call Tier 2 “academy” when they revolve their season around HS soccer.  Such an obvious marketing gimmick.  Do they think parents are that stupid?  Oh right, they are.[/quote]

Extremely weird? It’s actually pretty normal in youth sports. “Academy” used to mean something specific. Now it just tantamount to “program.” It’s marketing at this point.[/quote]

Substituting the ever-so-prominent “MLS Academy” name, that so many Dads on here drool over, and imparting it to their second tier league, is weird yes.  In fact it is blatantly deceitful because it used to be the pinnacle of what parents could tell others and now it means the opposite.  It also forces those same dips*!t parents to say homegrown which is in and of itself self a weird name .[/quote]

It's going to be really interesting if MLSN/GA stays BY.[/quote]

True.  Would be a very strange business decision on their part but could be the best thing for p2p honestly as it gives true space for an SY league like ECNL .  But from a national standpoint, I think it hampers developing and determining the best players as the two leagues would play each other almost never.   [/quote]

I think it's strange people don't understand why they would and who believe SY is the end all be all.[/quote]

If MLSN is okay with reducing both the number and quality of potential players then staying BY could be for them.  But if they didn’t care about those two things, that would be strange.  
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Not sure where you get that.[/quote]

Splitting the talent pool by age group is one reason.  Kids that are top players in u8-u12 via SY and want to keep that will gravitate towards SY league at u13 and above.  That’s also less number of strong players who provide competition within MLSN.  Not sure how you don’t get that.[/quote]

It’s going to be very difficult for August-December birthdays who are in a SY system (as all ulittle teams will be) to switch to a BY system for mlsnext. Skipping an age group and remaining competitive is going to be very tough. Some will, but many others will just head to ecnl. The best thing for ecnl is for mlsnext to stay BY.[/quote]

All those who really want to reach the upper levels of competition should be good enough to skip age groups.[/quote]

Yes, but very few. And those good enough to play up an age group at an mlsnext club will probably make their way to an mls academy.

Regardless of how many you think will continue with a SY system rather than skip an age group to transition to a BY system, it’s still more than now. This strengthens ecnl. [/quote]

You know right now, every club touts how it has best teams play up a year or more, especially at the ulittle level, where there's an annual race to be the youngest 7v7 and 9v9. Why do they do it? Because they can't get a competitive game otherwise. That culture -- where only the best play up -- is very strong in youth soccer. Why wouldn't the best Aug-Dec -- when they hit 11v11 play up and join their birth year. Of course they would.[/quote]

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