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None of what said speaks to the point that is being made. MLS will NEVER be the same level as the European counterparts but having MLS be culturally relevant is all that matters. You can enjoy it for what it is and not turn your nose up at it. I mean I’m pretty sure most of your kids soccer games are all crap but you root and you care nonetheless. [/quote]

That's because they're our kids... don't you get it... there's no reason to watch MLS currently.  Are you seriously saying we should all sit down and force ourselves to watch MLS soccer just because... you know we can't watch a few NFL plays without needing commercials, how do you think people are going to watch chity soccer??? Get a grip man.[/quote]

One of the top complaints about why our nation fails to produce international talent is because "[b]Our best athletes choose more lucrative sports over soccer. And of those that still choose soccer are kids, while perfectly talented soccer players would be better to accept a scholarship worth $65,000/year at a top D1 school than play for the MLS minimum of $65,000 and develop further in a professional environment." [/b]

This refrain is said over and over again in board after board. Sure we have some player ID issues but when a majority of kids choose to play College soccer over MLS because the "money is virtually the same but in college you get a degree" that is as much the fault of a reluctant fan base. Granted there is a chicken or the egg paradox at play here but no matter how you want to rationalize it, turning your nose  at MLS does ZERO in the big picture of improving the opportunities or the long term growth and quality of American Soccer.

The reality is simple, the legal framework currently is prohibitive for our best to train and develop in Europe, so like it or not the long term success of MLS is vital. It may be like eating your vegetables but even minimal support of MLS is good for the American game. 
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$65k/year for four years, and you get to choose whichever major, not the P.E fake degrees universities have come up with to allow their football/basketball players(they make money off of) to focus on the sport and not the academics.  Any college bound player would take that deal, any day.  This is assuming they will keep their position and scholarship even if they're in poor form, get injured, or their team is losing, right?

Once you take the rest of the risks that come with a sports scholarship, only students that are destined for the pros get those kinds of scholarships, and they may not stick around for four years.  There is a giant gap in the situation you're discussing, and that is the price at the gate for being able to get scouted, trained, identified.  Only the families with the wherewithal to afford such a recreational activity for their children are the ones who may have a chance to go pro, and no family, with means, in their right mind would let their son skip college to try to play for the pros in MLS.  The identification and a club's ability to pay for a player's training and living away from their families will be the way to having a talented player realize their potential.  Many people here think all European academy players reach stardom, which is hardly the case.  Going to play for MLS is a gamble, and only those that have a passion for the sport and those that see playing football as an opportunity to get out of a bad situation will take the deal.  There is so much opportunity here in the US, it's understandable why our children and us as parents are shoving our way through the MLS' doors.  Plenty of Central American, Caribbean, and South American players are though, ever wonder why?  The quality is so much better than their home country?  I would think not...[/quote]

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