Anonymous wrote:People pay for DCUM?

(Serious question, although I can't help but snicker as I type it)

Big difference between using advertisers to pay for a site versus a site pitting clubs against each other to pay for the privilege of being mentioned on the site. It's all just paid fluff.

Anonymous wrote:People pay for DCUM?

(Serious question, although I can't help but snicker as I type it)

No, Potomac Soccer Wire.

People pay for DCUM?

(Serious question, although I can't help but snicker as I type it)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will just reinforce it, as the clubs will want to keep any parent who is still ready to pay through the nose.

Btw, I cannot find the article on the SoccerWire website.

https://www.soccerwire.com/resources/opinion-covid-19-provides-opportunity-for-u-s-soccer-to-shut-down-development-academy/

Here's the title to the Soccerwire hit job on the DA: "OPINION: COVID-19 provides opportunity for U.S. Soccer to shut down Development Academy"

In this clearly labeled OPINION piece is one lone supposed fact from an unnamed source, "A Federation source has told SoccerWire that the current 2019-2020 DA season is “likely” to be canceled soon due to the repercussions of the COVID-19 crisis, though no announcements are imminent over Easter weekend."

So DA may cancel the remainder of the Spring season due to the Coronavirus? Wow! Glad you had to get a source for that Breaking News you're giving us Soccerwire--AKA Captain Obvious. The same could be said of ECNL or any other league. They may likely cancel their Spring seasons soon too. The rest is the publisher's opinion that now's a good time to end DA.

Clearly this website is trying to fight for relevancy with soccer money dwindling due to Coronavirus field closures across the country. It's been well advertised on DCUM that the website openly promotes clubs that pay for special premier partner memberships with three commitment level options. IMHO, ECNL clubs must be paying a lot more these days than DA clubs for these special privileges. Perpetuating the pay to play model in youth soccer is alive and well!

Anonymous wrote:It will just reinforce it, as the clubs will want to keep any parent who is still ready to pay through the nose.

Btw, I cannot find the article on the SoccerWire website.

https://www.soccerwire.com/resources/opinion-covid-19-provides-opportunity-for-u-s-soccer-to-shut-down-development-academy/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next year is going to be very different. I don't think we will be firing at all cylinders.

During this quarantine, kids are going to grow physically and develop technically [/b]very[b] differently. Conditioning and training and physical growth are going to be a much wider gulf than is normal from a year to year transition.

That said, any spots on any team should be fair game based on who arrives at ID sessions and tryouts whenever those may be. It should not be just let's keep promoting everyone like is usually done any given year.

I certainly think that is the way it should be, but on the other hand, are clubs going to run off a kid they know who might be a little rusty or pudgy if they know that kid’s parents have cash and a good track record of paying on time? Versus a new kid who might be good, but whose financial situation is unknown?

^This is why actual merit-based soccer will never take off in this country.

We need to keep the pocketbooks full and Make sure families we know always pay on time are kept. So - that means keep the pudgy, rusty unprepared kids. Say what you will about the old days, pudgy and rusty would have been cut if they showed up to tryouts like that. Back down to the B team until you prove yourself worthy.

If you claim to be “elite”, act “elite”. FFS

Ba Ba Booey

Aaaaand....the shark has been jumped, ladies and gentlemen...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF we start opening up by summer, I don’t see much change. BUT if we are shut down ( as a league) until next spring? Well then, there will definitely be a reset in teams, especially if one league consolidates into the other.

Hunger games 2.0

Right - forget soccer, whose kid can carve a bow and arrow out of wood and take home rabbits, squirrels and bats for dinner.

Anonymous wrote:IF we start opening up by summer, I don’t see much change. BUT if we are shut down ( as a league) until next spring? Well then, there will definitely be a reset in teams, especially if one league consolidates into the other.

Hunger games 2.0

IF we start opening up by summer, I don’t see much change. BUT if we are shut down ( as a league) until next spring? Well then, there will definitely be a reset in teams, especially if one league consolidates into the other.

It will just reinforce it, as the clubs will want to keep any parent who is still ready to pay through the nose.

Btw, I cannot find the article on the SoccerWire website.

Anonymous wrote:This thread cracks me up. I'm far more concerned with education plans than soccer teams at this point.

As has been said, 99% of players do not play past H.S.

Thanks, but you are responding to a soccer thread. Perhaps you go to a academic thread.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next year is going to be very different. I don't think we will be firing at all cylinders.

During this quarantine, kids are going to grow physically and develop technically [/b]very[b] differently. Conditioning and training and physical growth are going to be a much wider gulf than is normal from a year to year transition.

That said, any spots on any team should be fair game based on who arrives at ID sessions and tryouts whenever those may be. It should not be just let's keep promoting everyone like is usually done any given year.

I certainly think that is the way it should be, but on the other hand, are clubs going to run off a kid they know who might be a little rusty or pudgy if they know that kid’s parents have cash and a good track record of paying on time? Versus a new kid who might be good, but whose financial situation is unknown?

Of course, it's the way it always should've been. I'm not so sure a pandemic will change the status quo.

Anonymous wrote:According to the SoCAL message board the announcement is supposed to be Wed April 15th.

uh huh. Keep reaching, Glenn.