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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And if you're an attacking player, CAM, winger, forwards, which this recent signing is in this category, you need to be especially skeptical of homegrown deals because at those positions, there is the most pressure to produce goals and clubs don't gamble that much on that in the MLS and these are the vanity positions where clubs are signing bigger names from.overseas.  prime example from DCU...Kristian Fletcher singed a homegrown deal around the same time DCU signed Christian Benteke.  How did that work out?  Fletcher got practically no first team minutes because Benteke was in his position and as a result sought loans (that ultimately failed because he had minimal pro experience).  A lot of variables need to be weighed on homegrown deals.  Especially for a young player just starting his path.  For all the reasons above, a homegrown deal at DCU is just a really bad option for a youth player. [/quote]

This is very interesting perspective in addition to the prior posts about the problems with homegrown deals. I think everything that has been said about homegrown deals and dcus problems are all true.  And I would add that in DCUs case, legitimately, where will this kid play???  If he signed a homegrown deal locking up his rights and continues to play in the academy, what good does the homegrown deal offer him??  He could play in the academy deal free and continue to explore his options elsewhere if that were possible.  But he killed that with the homegrown contract and killed a college scholarship if he should get hurt or he doesn't pan out as a pro.  Just not a good decision on so many fronts for a 15 year old.  like the prior poster said, I actually feel bad for this kid because he clearly made a strategic error in signing this homegrown deal.  Especially with a club that has no pathway for him like DCU.  To me, this is sad because what I also know, is that DCU probably didn't explain all of the implications to him and his family.  They don't have to really because it isn't their job to do so.  But this deal really puts the player in a bad position.  Hopefully, he can make something of it because throwing away a college scholarship for DCU at 15 is actually just really poor decisionmaking.  [/quote]

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