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[quote=Anonymous]I'll try responding to the question in a different way.

Generally speaking, clubs joined DA because they thought it would be the top echelon of clubs and players joined mostly because their existing teams were moving to DA but then some joined because they thought 4 days/week, tear-round training would improve their development.  After the first year, many clubs and players found the DA-imposed restrictions tiresome.  For clubs, it was mostly licensing and instructional demands; for players, its the lack of HS soccer, guest playing, and few other smaller issues.  Some clubs left as a result but the keep numbers up, DA got some more clubs to join.  These clubs in many cases were not as strong as the clubs that left, which weakened the argument that DA was the clear top echelon.  Come the second year, there's been a similar pattern.

Now, if DA were to allow HS soccer to address the attrition of some players, DAs could no longer claim that they are the more serious, year-around program.  Instead, clubs would face a simple choice - do we (i) join/stay with a league with burdensome requirements that limit who we can hire and what we can teach, or (ii) join a league with the same (or better) quality of teams that gives us a lot more freedom in how we operate (and with no risk of being kicked out for poor performance)?

It's a no-brainer for the clubs.[/quote]

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