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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does “has the right to any player” mean? [/quote]

The MLS clubs claim rights to any player living within 75 miles of the club (not sure if that's the HQ, the stadium, or the practice facility).  The club can prevent that player playing for another MLS club - or rarher the other club would be forced to pay a transfer fee should they sign such a player at 17 or 18, even if they had trained the player from 12 years old.

The legality of this arrangement is very dubious, but it is how the clubs are currently behaving.[/quote]

I am not sure I understand this.  So, if my kid turns out to be good and DCU decides they want him then he can’t play anywhere else?   As a parent I have no say in that?[/quote]
DCU will block, or attempt to block, your DS from playing for another MLS youth academy.  It is becoming very difficult to work around this, but some kids still manage - I know of one last year.
 
[quote]Or is this only if he’s playing for one of those 6 clubs and if he plays at BSC he’s “safe”? [/quote]
It is any kid who lives with 75 miles of DCU no matter which club they play for.  The advantage that you have playing for BSC is that the coaches will be able both to advise you on how best to circumvent the rules and use their contacts to help get you trials/considered elsewhere.

[quote]Or only if he’s on an MLSNext team? [/quote]
Nope - doesn't matter if he's never played soccer in his life for any club.  If he lives within the 75 mile radius, his ass belongs to DCU.[/quote]

So this is only about the youth teams associated with the professional teams?  How would my kid play for a team that wasn't DCU anyway?  Wouldn't the commute be a dealbreaker?

I am getting more and more confused with every post.[/quote]

This is only relevant for kids who have a shot to turn pro.  A number of MLS youth academies have residential programs for such kids who do not live locally.  At 15 or 16 the kid leaves home and lives out of state.  Depending on the club, residency and schooling may be provided directly by the club or through a stay with teammate's family arramgement and attend the same high school as the teammate.  In either case, the kid is not commuting from here :-).[/quote]

OK, so I guess I just won't worry.  My kid is too young to have a clue as to whether he'd either have a shot or even a desire to turn pro. [/quote]

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