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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here re: camps, the model there is to send out hundreds if not thousands of invites to kids across a wide region. It is awesome that your kid caught a coaches eye! That's certainly not the norm when an undifferentiated mass of players shows up anywhere. [/quote]

My kid got an invites a year after she quit the sport and she only topped out at USYS. She couldn't play at the college level in a million years, but she still got them. Camps are a funding source for underfunded programs as much as they are a vehicle for recruiting [/quote]

Yes, they are always willing to take money from the parents of kids who have no realistic chance. For two main reasons: 1.) Soccer is not a revenue-generating sport in terms of ticket sales, advertising, etc. The money has to come from somewhere. 2.) We don't need even further class structures within youth soccer. Most camps have a fairly uniform disclaimer at the bottom of their camp info that says limited only by age and number of participants. Basically it's the Equal Opportunity Employer equivalent within the legal realm of either USYS, NCAA, or whatever governing body applies. 
It's on the parents to be honest what they are attending the camp to try to achieve: the experience, the development, the exposure, or the money dump. [/quote]

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