Not only no solutions but she perpetuates the barefoot player myth. The better players around the world get snatched up by youth academies quickly. Most of them will never make it to the top tiers and pay a steep price for pursuing that path. US parents don't want that for their kids, not for a less popular sport that doesn't produce big salaries or endorsement deals. Then she sites female players dropping out at a faster rate than boys. Most likely those numbers are similar for all other female sports and activities. Soccer isn't immune to players losing interest, picking up new interests etc.
No solution, but hopefully keeps the conversation going to help find a solution. Paying an exorbitant amount of money to play isn't going to solve the issue either.
No solution, but hopefully keeps the conversation going to help find a solution. Paying an exorbitant amount of money to play isn't going to solve the issue either.
To solve the bigger issues would require all the various parties coming together and working it out. That isn't going to happen. Not only do all the leagues and clubs have their own agenda, but USSF is a cluster phuk right now with no real leadership.
What’s expensive about soccer? Oldest daughter will be playing her final high school season this year. Haven’t paid a dime (cleats) for soccer since 7th grade, and then it was $300 for the year.
Now my youngest daughter.....
Morgan is conflating participation with elite soccer. Participation is cheap. Creating elite talent is expensive. Anywhere in the world. It’s just a matter of who’s paying.
What’s expensive about soccer? Oldest daughter will be playing her final high school season this year. Haven’t paid a dime (cleats) for soccer since 7th grade, and then it was $300 for the year.
Now my youngest daughter.....
Morgan is conflating participation with elite soccer. Participation is cheap. Creating elite talent is expensive. Anywhere in the world. It’s just a matter of who’s paying.
Yeah, two of my three were in the same spot where the school and/or club bought cleats for them. Nice not to have to plunk down $300+ every time for a new pair.
TS is like Lake Wobegon. Everyone's child is above average
My point wasn't that my daughter is above average. My point was that, contrary to Morgan's op-Ed, the American system is set up for cheap participation. What it is not set up to do is create elite talent on the cheap. I haven't paid money for my daughter's soccer because there was nothing to pay. She plays for her high school. She doesn't play club. She enjoys it and doesn't have aspirations for playing soccer college.
As was pointed out, soccer can be played on the cheap very easily but if you're looking to become elite it is very expensive. This is true everywhere in the world. And as was also pointed out, elsewhere they establish youth academies that suck up and spit out children at a crazy rate, often screwing up their chance at education and all to find the rate talent that can be sold for profit. Just the fact alone that the clubs & academies sell kids for profit should be a red flag that maybe the system isn't something to want to copy.
As was pointed out, soccer can be played on the cheap very easily but if you're looking to become elite it is very expensive. This is true everywhere in the world. And as was also pointed out, elsewhere they establish youth academies that suck up and spit out children at a crazy rate, often screwing up their chance at education and all to find the rate talent that can be sold for profit. Just the fact alone that the clubs & academies sell kids for profit should be a red flag that maybe the system isn't something to want to copy.
There are multiple things we simply cannot replicate that are found elsewhere in the world. We need a better system that can work with our own circumstances
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