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[quote=Anonymous]You’re not helping out DCU at all.  I don’t envision you to be positive, optimistic or any positive trait that I want my kid around.  The old man has been helpful.

I got a full academic ride to college.
 I almost didn’t because I initially almost accepted a partial one.  One of my teachers told to table the partial and use it as a marketing tool to loop in the full ride.  I was just grateful for anything and I was uneducated at the time but could have lost so much and it has been a great life lesson.

I had that same feelings when my kid was first recruited from MLS Next/ECNL teams and then academies.  That is what brought me to these pages.  What’s in it for them that they are giving us this?  Free training?  At what cost?  I can afford the training so I can ask deeper questions.  While we have to deal with people like you here in DCUM and this thread, I knew NOTHING about developmental systems, ownership and transfer rights, FIFA rules, that lack of a 2nd team at DCU, etc. until the old man and others like the FIFA expert chimed in on this thread guided me in the direction to do additional research.

From what I have gathered, MLS knows how to control the labor market, pure and simple. Going pro here does not appear what it seems from my research and DCU appears to be the worst at that.  I already chimed in, I am happy for this new signing and I hope he beats the system like Yow and Parades.

I would love to hear the pro-DCU arguments if there are any though.  If you have any ounce of emotional intelligence, you can tell from my tone that I am not bitter.  It’s a conversation. I appreciate being educated on the options for my kid and informing other parents of their options.  If DCU is the best option for your kid, so be it.  It is not a successful argument that just because DCU wants me, I need to bend the knee and if they don’t want me, I should be bitter.  I would never allow my child to allow any person or organization to carry that much value in their heads.

I hope this helps frame DCU for future parents who stumble upon this thread like I did looking for answers to guide your child.  The original poster will execute a familiar playbook attacking me but as long as the talent pool keeping getting diluted locally and the first team struggles long enough, we can “Daniel Snyder” current ownership with a fat check and get someone in that knows what they are doing.[/quote]

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