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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looks like the level of competition is high. In this region Bethesda, SYC and Alexandria are playing against Philly Union Academy , New York Red Bulls Academy , PA Classics Academy, FC Delco and other Northern teams along with competitions against each other. Looks like a lot of traveling up North.  [/quote]

Actually this begs the question -- with so much soccer interest in NOVA, how is it that DC United is not on par with NY Red Bulls in terms of youth development opportunities?  We used to live in NY/NJ area and our kids did some NY Red Bulls development academy/camps as kids.  Why is DC United so absent from youth soccer around here?[/quote]

Actually it raises that question, but it doesn't beg it.  Begging the question is a philosophical concept - a specific logical fallacy where a statement implicitly assumes a premise which has not in fact been proven and therefore ought to be questioned.  As an example I could point out that your statement itself does in fact beg a question.  You make the implicit assumption that the level of a soccer interest in an area is a cause of, or at least correlated with the local MLS team's level of interest in the community.  Is that truly the case?

That is what begging the question means.  Excoriate me if you wish - I probably deserve it - but I believe the deterioration of our language is not just a reflection, but also a cause, of the deterioration of our society, and therefore should be vigorously opposed.

On to the question itself.  The reason DCU is so absent is that it is a short-sighted organization which consistently fails to invest in its future, and therefore never has enough money to invest in its future.[/quote]

I appreciate your enthusiasm for and defense of linguistics. [I hope that previous sentence was satisfactory, but carve it up, if you must.][/quote]

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