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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every single justification for the expensive pay-to-play system in America is an excuse.

If we truly can't afford it, then no country can. [/quote]

We can afford it. Look at football. Look at very high level basketball. We just don't care enough about soccer to bother [/quote]

Then why are thousands of kids on fields every Saturday and Sunday playing in fancy uniforms?
Why so many Soccerplexes?
Why so many tournaments?
Why so many teams in every metro area?
Why so many thousands of kids training every weekday evenings?
....if we don't care enough about soccer?[/quote]

Because they make money. Just because parents will pay for their own kids doesn't mean there is any interest in subsidizing other kids [/quote]

For the vast majority of kids playing in fancy uniforms soccer is just another fun activity to them and their parents. There are parents paying the same money for their kids to do fancy dance teams, play fancy instruments, take fancy SAT and college prep classes, fancy Disney vacations, and on and on. Parents have a lot of money to spend and want the best for their kids.

In the US, the majority of kids are idolizing NFL and basketball players. Those are the passion sports here. It's not a knock on soccer. The culture is just different, and parents have more money to spend, than in other parts of the world.[/quote]

"The culture is just different, and parents have more money to spend, than in other parts of the world"

Living in the DMV bubble has many thinking all of America sits on a pile of disposable income.

Whilst there are many pockets of affluent areas especially on the coasts, there are many many many living paycheck to paycheck to no check  and a sneeze away from eviction, repossession and homelessness.[/quote]

Travel soccer is a luxury good in the US. Academy soccer at a high level is free for a kid who is that gifted, but [b]a kid good enough to get into an academy on athletic merit without trainers is probably playing football or basketball in the US[/b] [/quote]

What do you mean by that exactly? 
Natural athleticism is enough to make a kid a top basketball of football player?

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