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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haven't checked-in in a couple weeks. Anything new? Looked back a few pages and arguing with the crazy August guy (and his multiple personas) seems to be the only action.

MLSN still being silent on the issue (even after their partner GA announced SY) is baffling to me. I know their communications have always been slow (case in point, they didn't announce the actual name of MLSN2 until what, August), but I don't see what benefit it can be at this point to stay mum. Unless they just enjoy watching ECNL sweat. I talked to a few directors (one MLSN1 and two MLSN2) in the last month and they were all over the place on what they thought was going to happen and all had heard absolutely nothing official. [/quote]

I don’t think mlsnext has a plan. I think they were full steam ahead BY not realizing the difficulty that would cause their clubs. Do they care now? Who knows. [/quote]

MLS Next doesn't own or run clubs 
It's a league

A league that doesn't concern with what all the lower leagues are doing [/quote]

Lower leagues are their pipeline.  If either or both MLSN leagues stay BY, they will lose a year's worth of 9v9 experience.  They also lose out on cumulative RAE effect for the majority of better players to that point that were on SY registration, pushing those players to find an alternative SY league.  MLSN is a business first.  You know that, but you are just trying to start an argument.  [/quote]

What does 9v9 have to do with MLS Next?

Best players are going to MLS Next no matter what or where they're coming from.
They will enter MLS Next at whatever the appropriate BY age group. [/quote]

No league is going to base their future on this belief. That could change at any time. You need numbers and plans to back up decisions like this.[/quote]

What's the scenario steps that leads to MLS Next not being the top youth league other than Major League Soccer folding?[/quote]

Money. Ecnl can expand, mlsn won’t be able to, at least not easily. Ecnl will have a profitable second tier, mlsn 2 stuck in a no win situation no matter what age cutoff they use. Ecnl is a good option for aug-dec players. It’s a rare player that can skip an age group and be successful. Ecnl will be a much easier system to implement, p2p clubs are going to be constantly dealing with the change in cutoff and how that impacts u8-u12. Ecnl is already stronger in some areas of the country.

Maybe mlsn will stay the stronger league. Other than academies which recruit from anywhere, what do they offer that’s going to keep them the strongest league? Maybe mlsn has great answers to these questions and how all of this is going to be managed but I’ve yet to see any type of actual plan. [/quote]

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