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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If ECNL boys teams keep losing their best players to MLS, more big clubs could consider applying for MLS. And, if they switch to MLS on the boys side, the GA is the best non-ECNL option for their girls teams. It seems natural that GA will rise in this current scenario. [/quote]

Agree. Not a GA cheerleader, but I think people vastly overstate the dominance of ECNL.

Now? Yes. In 10 years? I wouldn't assume that.[/quote]

If ECNL unbundles boy and girl club membership, they solve this problem in a heartbeat.  If they don't, they have only themselves to blame for what happens.[/quote]

If ECNL unbundles, the boys ECNL program will be dead very quickly. Lots of ECNL clubs will want to switch their boys team to MLS and keep their girls teams in ECNL.

If ECNL doesn’t unbundle, the ECNL clubs will continue to lose top boys to MLS. These clubs will have to decide whether to prioritize girls teams by keeping ECNL/ECNL or boys by switching to MLS/GA. If GA is a reasonable alternative to ECNL for girls, it seems like an easy decision to drop ECNL altogether.  GA stands to gain in this scenario.[/quote]

On the boys side, plenty may want to be in MLS Next, but that doesn't mean MLS Next wants plenty.  [/quote]

If they can profit, they will.[/quote]

Who are "they?"  Do you think MLS profits from MLS Next?  They don't.  The club academies don't - not really.  And the non-MLS clubs do not run MLS Next and, in any event, are marketing competitiveness, which requires selectivity.  You must have this mixed up with something else.[/quote]

Maybe they think MLS charges a subscription fee to wear the fancy 'MLS Next' badge on the shirt sleeve :-) [/quote]

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