At the younger ages the extra training makes sense. At the older ages the boys can’t play high school unless they go to private school. That doesn’t seem fair. Clubs like NEFC and GPS consistently send players on to college soccer. What am I missing about DA that makes it worth the sacrifice?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAt the younger ages the extra training makes sense. At the older ages the boys can’t play high school unless they go to private school. That doesn’t seem fair. Clubs like NEFC and GPS consistently send players on to college soccer. What am I missing about DA that makes it worth the sacrifice?
Most boys HS soccer is a joke and men’s college teams are loaded with internationals so there are fewer spots for US players. DA gives them more college exposure for those spots. And as far as private school goes, life’s not fair. Unlike free public schools, those private school kids are required to play a sport in addition to the $50k+/year cost so if you find that unfair, then boo hoo. DA knows a lot of those kids end up at Ivies or pricey D3 schools so they aren’t about to shut them out and lose out on that $ and marketing.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAt the younger ages the extra training makes sense. At the older ages the boys can’t play high school unless they go to private school. That doesn’t seem fair. Clubs like NEFC and GPS consistently send players on to college soccer. What am I missing about DA that makes it worth the sacrifice?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostBecause it is a requirement at most prep schools that you need to play a school sport. Class sizes are small at preps so if kids didn’t play they couldn’t fill out all the rosters.
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Depends on the prep school. Some have no problem filling roster spots with top level players. Some others may differ. The problem with with soccer is that money talks in many ways and most parents are continuously looking for different leagues to separate their kids from the pack while leagues & many clubs are looking to profit. DA was created to provide careers and profits. Most kids don’t care about this crap. As the years go by and another league is created, we will once again fail to reach our potential in development.
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The success or failure of BDA is a separate issue from whether or not it's worth it for players. For players it will always be individually based. Each will have different skills, goals, options for clubs etc. Personally my take is of you're a consistent starter on a top DA team and good D1 is your goal? Worth it. If you're not a consistent starter or not with a good club? You owe it to yourself to explore alternatives, even more so if high D1 isn't your goal. If high school really matters to you then don't give up on that either. You can't get those years back.
Around here the options aren't great and the only MLS club is abysmal. The commit lists every year show plenty of kids landing at good schools that aren't DA. Not many players are top D1 material, even fewer pro. Keep a long term perspective
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAt the younger ages the extra training makes sense. At the older ages the boys can’t play high school unless they go to private school. That doesn’t seem fair. Clubs like NEFC and GPS consistently send players on to college soccer. What am I missing about DA that makes it worth the sacrifice?
You are making an assumption that HS means as much now to everyone as when you lettered...
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAt the younger ages the extra training makes sense. At the older ages the boys can’t play high school unless they go to private school. That doesn’t seem fair. Clubs like NEFC and GPS consistently send players on to college soccer. What am I missing about DA that makes it worth the sacrifice?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDepends if you consider missing HS a sacrifice or not.
You are making an assumption that HS means as much now to everyone as when you lettered...
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