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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think y'all are just butt hurt that you didn't get in. If ECNL was the only game in town, it would be cheaper. GA fees will likely be higher than ECNL this year.[/quote]

Explain how ECNL would be cheaper if it had a monopoly. [/quote]

Scale. The more teams you have, the more likely it is that your travel radius reduces in conference. There would also be more showcases to choose from, potentially shortening travel as well.
Realize that most of the expense incurred to a family is travel related.
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There’s reasons why the US laws in place to prevent monopoly.

Imagine how expensive and poor quality you get if there’s only one choice for any good or services without any competition.

Again, please sign up for an Economic 101 course. It would really enlighten you. [/quote]

[b]Taken plenty of econ thanks[/b]. Go back and review the history of ECNL before you post again.[/quote]

I can tell that you didn’t pass any Econ classes. I still don’t understand why anyone wants just one league. Must be based upon the illusion of elitist mentality. Sorry, buddy, but your little Mia is and will not be Mia Hamm.

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Karen, I don't want one league. As I posted earlier, one big league can't possibly serve the needs of such a big country. The truly elite, in particular, are not well served by one league, and to be clear, they are not any better off in the current morass of leagues. We would need some tiering to occur to consolidate the best players. If the fed has a role in youth soccer, it would be funding an NT feeder league like this.

In this thread, the question had turned to cost, and this is the one area where one league can help because theoretically scale can lower costs, although here it would not be because of production efficiencies, it would be because of lowering travel costs, which dominate expenses for families. You can see this occurring today with ECNL making more aggressive attempts to regionalize conferences. I suspect most people think this is a good thing. As an aside, ECNL takes a cut from travel. I am not altogether clear if that cut goes to ECNL or to each member club, but as a whole they are actually disincentivized to reduce travel BTW. Yet that is the direction we are heading with a bigger league.

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