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[quote=Anonymous]It makes no sense for the Spirit to kill off the VA DA. A lot of these clubs are cash strapped and they'd be killing off a revenue stream among other things:

1. The Spirit's Pro team has a large coaching staff. For the ones coaching at the academy, I would assume their salaries are being subsidized by the academy fees
2. They're lucky to have two large academies drawing in money from people that are willing to pay for it. I think most clubs will kill for that. Not sure what the benefit to the Spirit would be by sharing that with another club
3. The academy allows the Spirit's pro team to tag players as home grown players in the draft. They just sent 3 players to Div 1 schools (Penn State and WV). So there are 3 potential players they could claim in future drafts
4. I would imagine their training pool comes from the academy, which people would have to pay for to participate.

If the owner knew so much about soccer and how to run the organization, he/she wouldn't have hired a CEO. Of which, has spent a large part of his coaching career developing kids.

If anything, I would think that worst case they would adjust the academy fees. Although, I don't see how the academy wouldn't already be profitable. The academies are a license to print money.

The one thing that Larry brings that the Spirit desperate needs is organization. Given today's press release, I'd say it's off to a good start.

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