Is it gender biased of clubs to offer DA programs for boys, but not for girls?
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No. it's life.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post -
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Is it Gender biased that there are 2x as many Div 1 soccer scholarships for girls than boys, even though boys soccer is higher quality?Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Nope. There are an equal number of college scholarships for men and women. It's the NCAA that decides how they are divided up amongst the various sports. Men's football gets a disproportionate share so other men's sports get the short end of the stick.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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It will be interesting to see what clubs extend this program for girls, that have DA for boys now. So far, only Timbers have. Who else places value on developing girls. BSC? FC? Crossfire? Capital? WA Timbers? Anyone? FC and Crossfire will pass because they make way too much $$ on the ECNL scam.Comment
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What's the benefit? There is no national DA program for girls, and the one they are trying to start up is so flawed and flailing so much already that it might well be dead by this time next year. FC and Crossfire already have ECNL programs that are much better than anything the Thorns Academy will ever be so why would they bother? WA Timbers? Really? CFC? Not a chance. No chance of any Timbers Alliance clubs trying to compete with Thorns Academy for girl's parent's money.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
As for "making way too much $$ on ECNL", you might want to do some research. The only group raking in huge profits from youth soccer in Oregon is the Timbers. All the other clubs are basically breaking even.Comment
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What else would a TS Oregon girls soccer honk say?Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Football is just a completely different beast. For 1, they have like 80 players on the team. For 2, it's really the only sport that brings in massive revenue. The rest of the sports, not so much... particularly girls side - just being honest. Maybe a fairer way to do this is to treat football separate? I don't know but I do know that you are at a major disadvantage if you are a male soccer player, solely because of your gender. And for the record, I have a boy and a girl that play soccer so we may benefit from Title 9 too.Comment
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According to TS posters, any good male soccer player can be a football star in a year. If a soccer boy wants a guaranteed scholarship, then just switch to football.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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ECNL is not that expensive. Less than $900 per month.Comment
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Even that is a huge overstatement. More like $500 per month all in. Or about the same as Thorns Academy, GPS, etc. Difference is you get to play with the top players in Oregon/WA and against the nation's best players. Other clowns get to play against Oregon's "C" players in OYSA Premier.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Was it not biased to start ECNL? This is what is wrong with the USA. People like you always looking for what is wrong in life and what is fair. The worst post ever created on TS! Probably by one of the worst parents! I feel really sorry for you.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Is it biased that there are all-girls schools? All-boys schools?Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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This analogy is obtuse. A better analogy would be of a school for girls and boys.. but only the boys are offered compacted math.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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