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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad]Generally, youth soccer in the rest of the world has two levels:

1. Pro academy with costs paid by the club 
2. Youth program with minimal costs, like rec soccer here

Here, we have this:

1. Pro academy with costs paid by the club 
2. "Travel" soccer in which we all pay $2K-$gazillionK 
3. Rec soccer with minimal costs

So when people campaign on an "end pay-to-play" platform, it's actually a little complicated. What you'd have to do is eliminate that middle tier. And it's going to be awfully difficult to do that -- imagine telling parents, "No, you can't spend $5K so little Suzie can be on a team that's better than your rec teams."

Incidentally, I'm starting to do some research on national team pay. What I'm finding so far is that U.S. teams get a good bit more than overseas teams. Does that leave the federation with more money to spend on youth programs? I'm trying to find out.[/quote]

I respectfully disagree with your comparison of youth programs (non-pro academy programs) overseas with rec soccer here. Youth programs overseas (Europe) are still coached by professional coaches who are given tools by the national association (training, nutrition, etc) that are on the cutting edge of research. The pro academies have affiliations with these youth programs that identify players and funnel them into a professional pipeline as appropriate. The level of play is not at all comparable to Rec-level soccer here. A better comparison might be travel soccer here, but without the cost. [/quote]

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