Reply to DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

Forum Index » Soccer

Reply to " DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congratulations to the kid and his family. 
This must be a great positive day in their household

Only a few will know what its like.

Unfortunately, the envious, jealous and toxic people will appear from the swamps to flap their gums[/quote]

This post is why the DMV will struggle to progress with DCU.  In pure footballing terms, this isn't a great day for him.  And the perception that it is, is what allows DCU to operate with no accountability or standards.  A homegrown deal in isolation is not good for the player.  It is just a way for the club to lock his rights.  A homegrown deal with other contractual terms securing his future financially or other deals loaning him to other, better clubs for development, those are different scenarios.  This isn't that.  A homegrown deal with no plan for the player is not a great situation.  And that is what this is.  [/quote]

And being a home grown player at a MLS club with no second team (only two of those in the entire MLS btw and DCU is one of them) is just not smart strategy for a young player.  Education about the realities of the system you're in, the club you're in and the broader implications of any contractual relationship need to be table stakes when it comes to youth players.. But more often than not, in a country with very little experience and success in the sport like the US, the MLS preys on this ignorance.  Why we have homegrown territory rights giving rights to clubs for players they have never seen  (a completely made up rule by the MLS that is legally very tenuous on its face) and no one is going crazy about it.  They just don't know.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics