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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Studies indicate Bio-Banding improves technical and tactical development and has a reduced physical load. Currently very few academies publicly promote it's use, although MLS Next does have provisions for it's use. They are not inherently explicit as to the application. Birth Year or School Year have implicit Relative Age Effect that directly effects player recruitment and retention at the highest levels. Most elite academy teams are currently composed of 75-80% from Jan-Jun birthdays.[/quote] I honestly think MLS could be best served by having MLSN be BY and ECNL boys be SY. MLSN will just need to make sure it maintains its first tier status (by not playing tournaments against older ECNL teams). In this scenario, MLSN doesn't need to bio-band down Aug-Dec boys often, because ECNL becomes its late-bloomer feeder league. [/quote]
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