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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All these are symptoms and not the cause. Soccer is not in the culture here which is why there is no money for real academies and why we have parent coaches at early ages and why skills are not developed early and it’s pay to play and so on. You can call out these symptoms all you want but none them can be solved without first solving the culture problem. No governing body rule change about birth year or league structure or coaching qualifications will magically fix anything until the culture changes. [/quote]

Right. So let’s revert the age cut off so it’s all about maximizing rec soccer with volunteer coaches that put the biggest bruisers and gazelles on the field and play kick and run. Because that will help.

This whole thing is just insane. Europe has a formula. It’s replicable. But it takes investment. [/quote]
Investment? Who exactly should be making this investment and where does the money come from?[/quote]

Money is the problem, not the solution [/quote]
There are no solutions unless soccer becomes much more popular here to the level of the other big 3 sports.[/quote]

More popular than millions of kids playing every weekend?[/quote]
Yes. Kids playing means very little. Soccer needs to have 10s of millions of people watching on TV. That's where the big money and fame comes from. Big money and fame is what attracts kids. If there was big money we might get more funded academies, etc.[/quote]

We have more kids playing by the numbers than most countries 
But you're saying we need more?[/quote]
No, we don't need more kids playing we need more watching.[/quote]
Some of the folks living in their soccer bubbles have no idea just how small the soccer revenue share is in this country compared with other sports. It's obviously way behind NFL MLB, NBA but also is dwarfed by college football, NHL hockey, March Madness, NASCAR, PGA golf. Think about that for a moment. You've probably never watched NASCAR or golf on TV but they have way more TV revenue than soccer.  And most of the soccer being watched in the US is the European leagues. Take that away and US soccer TV revenue is basically non-existent. It's a niche pay to pay sport like lacrosse or rugby.[/quote]

You said all that to make what point?[/quote]

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