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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of which will still be fully attainable via club sports at each college if the future of the NCAA goes the way people are thinking.[/quote]

[b]College soccer is going nowhere[/b].  On the women's side I can say that as an absolute.  But most likely on the men's side as well.  While there could be changes -- all will be navigated.  Schools do not want to give up sports.  Title IX will also still require women's sports to match men's.  [/quote]

Define going nowhere. Pro? What percentage of college players also have the ambition to play pro? Club sports can be high performing, but not all schools have club sports that are. I think a player that is good enough for college would be bored/unmotivated by a vast majority of club soccer programs. Again the common theme I am seeing is that folks feel like there is only one pathway or one reason to continue playing in college. For those interested in the pro route, then yes college soccer might not be the best pathway. But it should be noted that there are MANY reasons to play in college. It should also be noted what pathway you are talking about when you say college soccer isn't going anywhere. Clarity here is key. [/quote]

Almost no college soccer players have interest playing pro.  Maybe 60-80 a year have any interest and less than half of that will play.  What I was saying is that College soccer is here to stay and nothing about court cases or anything else will change that.  As a pathway to the pros?  Who cares?  Women's pro soccer is great.  Just went to the Spirit game.  But I am not sure that there are many that want to play pro.[/quote]

Thank you for your feedback coach pay to play.

However most young girls do dream about playing professionally. At least until you ruin it for them. [/quote]

Is coach pay to play supposed to coach for free? [/quote]

False premise.  Read Michael Lewis on the cancer that is travel sports.  It started with soccer but has moved to other sports like softball because pure profit drives this more than player development. Much like American football it should be the high school where soccer players get recruited for soccer not club. College coaches are the driver.  If they recruited more from high school - particularly for DIii travel would die.

It is ridiculous situation currently where real athletes must compete with Daddy Deep pockets for space on club teams.  [/quote]

com'on some of the daddy deep pockets kids are real athletes and also have platinum cards

college coaches don't need to go to high schools, because if you're playing in high school and good enough for college, you're also playing on a travel team[/quote]

Fact.  If college soccer coaches recruited out of high schools - like basketball, baseball and football - club would die on vine.  Good riddance![/quote]

This is just false.  One high school will not have the talent to develop an even decent soccer team that would help develop someone.  You can't just pick up soccer like you can football.  A kid can never have played organized football and by Junior year be all state and looking at 50 D-1 offers.  Happens all the time.  If a kid ever played soccer no way that happens.  [/quote]

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