Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if Eric is sticking with u-11 and 12 when he moves over from FCV?

Maybe? He will be the 2011 GA coach at the very least. That's going to soak up some time, unsure what else the club will have him juggle.

Does anyone know if Eric is sticking with u-11 and 12 when he moves over from FCV?

Anonymous wrote:When do we know who will be the coach next season?

We were told it would be post Friday

When do we know who will be the coach next season?

confirmed it does happen from time to time

Anonymous wrote:Which clubs let kids play for free?

All of them have financial aid for low income players. Of course, how good the player is matters a lot for getting it

Which clubs let kids play for free?

Clubs definitely let so e kids play for free. Happens all the time to get better players.

I don't understand who would cover all the costs if soccer was free here. In Europe, the first teams probably bring in enough revenue to cover their youth academies but our professional system is not as expansive and the country is so big that the idea, while great overseas, does not seem practical here. Say you live in South Dakota or Wyoming. There is not anything near you. Between leagues, referees, and coaches someone has to pay the bill and I can't figure out how that works out to be anyone but the parents. If there are clubs letting kids play for free beyond the most extreme financial cases or the player FCV is hitching their wagon to, I just don't know of them.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess she plans to play professionally. Receiving a salary to play for a club makes her a professional and ends her NCAA eligibility

She isn't being paid to play, she is being paid to use her image and name to promote the club.

Considering how much the past FCV administration has pushed her success as their own success standing ovation for her to cut a deal like this. Good for her.

If her eligibility gets challenged, receiving the check from the club will make her ineligible under NCAA rules

The idiocy here is just mind-boggling. You have no idea what you are saying. There is zero chance she did not clear this with USYNT and UGA.

Assuming it’s even true she was paid, which no one on this board actually knows. Whether or not she did, good for her and good for FCV.

Good for FCV? Paying a teenager to stay at their club? I don’t think that’s good for anyone.

They aren't paying her to play at the club (assuming this rumor is even true). They are paying to use her name and image to promote and advertise the club. Considering every club is already using the names and images of their players, posting them all over their social media, I say it's about time the club starts paying and I hope this becomes more of a thing around here.

So in the modern pay for play model, you’ll have some families being paid and others paying. I’m fine with tuition fees contributing to a family that might need some help but I’d be uncomfortable with this going at my DD’s club. How many other players at FCV are going to receive this treatment?

You could actually play this out to its extreme. Image there is a club with enough money that decides they want to collect all the best players in the region. They offer NIL deals to the top players of all the other teams to build a super team. Corporate sponsors pitch in because now this team will get a lot more exposure and now you have high schoolers doing ads with local car dealerships. Probably not going this way because soccer clubs don't have the money but it could happen in theory

Wouldn't that be something, completely disrupting the current pay to play model within US youth soccer...one can only hope

This already happens at super clubs in other regions.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess she plans to play professionally. Receiving a salary to play for a club makes her a professional and ends her NCAA eligibility

She isn't being paid to play, she is being paid to use her image and name to promote the club.

Considering how much the past FCV administration has pushed her success as their own success standing ovation for her to cut a deal like this. Good for her.

If her eligibility gets challenged, receiving the check from the club will make her ineligible under NCAA rules

The idiocy here is just mind-boggling. You have no idea what you are saying. There is zero chance she did not clear this with USYNT and UGA.

Assuming it’s even true she was paid, which no one on this board actually knows. Whether or not she did, good for her and good for FCV.

Good for FCV? Paying a teenager to stay at their club? I don’t think that’s good for anyone.

They aren't paying her to play at the club (assuming this rumor is even true). They are paying to use her name and image to promote and advertise the club. Considering every club is already using the names and images of their players, posting them all over their social media, I say it's about time the club starts paying and I hope this becomes more of a thing around here.

So in the modern pay for play model, you’ll have some families being paid and others paying. I’m fine with tuition fees contributing to a family that might need some help but I’d be uncomfortable with this going at my DD’s club. How many other players at FCV are going to receive this treatment?

You could actually play this out to its extreme. Image there is a club with enough money that decides they want to collect all the best players in the region. They offer NIL deals to the top players of all the other teams to build a super team. Corporate sponsors pitch in because now this team will get a lot more exposure and now you have high schoolers doing ads with local car dealerships. Probably not going this way because soccer clubs don't have the money but it could happen in theory

Wouldn't that be something, completely disrupting the current pay to play model within US youth soccer...one can only hope

It would only disrupt it for a small handful of very top players, and a very small handful of clubs. Everyone else would stay business as usual.

One can only hope? Are you the guy looking for utopian ACADUMIES?

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Anonymous wrote:Dates have been out for some time... where are the coaches??

on line - google is your friend

Are you drunk at the bar? It's not listed online anywhere. But thanks for the contribution of gibberish.

It's a beautiful evening on the rooftop. Don't judge us. Ha ha

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Anonymous wrote:Dates have been out for some time... where are the coaches??

on line - google is your friend

Are you drunk at the bar? It's not listed online anywhere. But thanks for the contribution of gibberish.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess she plans to play professionally. Receiving a salary to play for a club makes her a professional and ends her NCAA eligibility

She isn't being paid to play, she is being paid to use her image and name to promote the club.

Considering how much the past FCV administration has pushed her success as their own success standing ovation for her to cut a deal like this. Good for her.

If her eligibility gets challenged, receiving the check from the club will make her ineligible under NCAA rules

The idiocy here is just mind-boggling. You have no idea what you are saying. There is zero chance she did not clear this with USYNT and UGA.

Assuming it’s even true she was paid, which no one on this board actually knows. Whether or not she did, good for her and good for FCV.

Good for FCV? Paying a teenager to stay at their club? I don’t think that’s good for anyone.

They aren't paying her to play at the club (assuming this rumor is even true). They are paying to use her name and image to promote and advertise the club. Considering every club is already using the names and images of their players, posting them all over their social media, I say it's about time the club starts paying and I hope this becomes more of a thing around here.

So in the modern pay for play model, you’ll have some families being paid and others paying. I’m fine with tuition fees contributing to a family that might need some help but I’d be uncomfortable with this going at my DD’s club. How many other players at FCV are going to receive this treatment?

You could actually play this out to its extreme. Image there is a club with enough money that decides they want to collect all the best players in the region. They offer NIL deals to the top players of all the other teams to build a super team. Corporate sponsors pitch in because now this team will get a lot more exposure and now you have high schoolers doing ads with local car dealerships. Probably not going this way because soccer clubs don't have the money but it could happen in theory

Wouldn't that be something, completely disrupting the current pay to play model within US youth soccer...one can only hope

It would only disrupt it for a small handful of very top players, and a very small handful of clubs. Everyone else would stay business as usual.

yet it's a proven model that works for the rest of the world. Our best youth athletes don't play soccer (our wealthiest athletes play youth soccer and some are really good) because there is no free pathway to play professionally like there is in baseball, basketball or football.

Who plays youth basketball, baseball or football for free?

Shoe company sponsored teams are free for basketball. Football for non-skill positions is free because high schools are still where colleges scout. For skill positions, 7 on 7 is pay to play, but the scouts are already looking at high school tape, so you can still get recruited if you only play high school.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess she plans to play professionally. Receiving a salary to play for a club makes her a professional and ends her NCAA eligibility

She isn't being paid to play, she is being paid to use her image and name to promote the club.

Considering how much the past FCV administration has pushed her success as their own success standing ovation for her to cut a deal like this. Good for her.

If her eligibility gets challenged, receiving the check from the club will make her ineligible under NCAA rules

The idiocy here is just mind-boggling. You have no idea what you are saying. There is zero chance she did not clear this with USYNT and UGA.

Assuming it’s even true she was paid, which no one on this board actually knows. Whether or not she did, good for her and good for FCV.

Good for FCV? Paying a teenager to stay at their club? I don’t think that’s good for anyone.

They aren't paying her to play at the club (assuming this rumor is even true). They are paying to use her name and image to promote and advertise the club. Considering every club is already using the names and images of their players, posting them all over their social media, I say it's about time the club starts paying and I hope this becomes more of a thing around here.

So in the modern pay for play model, you’ll have some families being paid and others paying. I’m fine with tuition fees contributing to a family that might need some help but I’d be uncomfortable with this going at my DD’s club. How many other players at FCV are going to receive this treatment?

You could actually play this out to its extreme. Image there is a club with enough money that decides they want to collect all the best players in the region. They offer NIL deals to the top players of all the other teams to build a super team. Corporate sponsors pitch in because now this team will get a lot more exposure and now you have high schoolers doing ads with local car dealerships. Probably not going this way because soccer clubs don't have the money but it could happen in theory

Wouldn't that be something, completely disrupting the current pay to play model within US youth soccer...one can only hope

It would only disrupt it for a small handful of very top players, and a very small handful of clubs. Everyone else would stay business as usual.

yet it's a proven model that works for the rest of the world. Our best youth athletes don't play soccer (our wealthiest athletes play youth soccer and some are really good) because there is no free pathway to play professionally like there is in baseball, basketball or football.

Who plays youth basketball, baseball or football for free?