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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The clubs that ECNL has been bringing on since the demise of the Girls DA have been large clubs with huge feeder pools, and often clubs that have boys sides joining the boys’ ECNL.  They’re making choices that will pay off 5 years in the future, not tomorrow. And five years from now, FCV may be nowhere, just as WAGS and BRYC have faded significantly since their glory days of 6 years ago.  [/quote]

ECNL will fade as well unless they find a way to weed out the basement teams.

The cycle is endless.

1.  Top clubs get fed up with weak opposition and separate, forming an eilte league.

2.  Elite league is successful for a few years, but during that time some of the clubs drop off for various reasons, and other clubs outside the league become stronger.

3.  The league slowly admits some of the new, stronger teams but never cuts the teams that have become weaker.

4.  As the years pass, the new league looks much like the original league and the top clubs are again getting frustrated with the overall level of competition.

5.  Eventually the top clubs break away and form a new elite league.

Rinse and repeat.[/quote]

because no 'elite' clubs want leagues with the potential of true relegation/promotion. The exclusiveness of the league is self-fulfilling because it funnels better players to teams in those leagues. If those clubs had teams that were relegated for a few years and another local club had teams promoted, you may end up with a situation where the 'lesser' club becomes the more attractive destination for a given age- that is something that established clubs have no incentive to allow [/quote]

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