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    #16
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Yes but that would require only one league....and fairness not the bs that happens with ECNL where 1 club has 3 teams in the top flight. Can you imagine 3 Liverpools in the Premier League!
    There will never be only one youth soccer league in the US, it’s not feasible unless we change the entire way our system of government/economy works.

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      #17
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      There will never be only one youth soccer league in the US, it’s not feasible unless we change the entire way our system of government/economy works.
      Agree. There isn't funding for youth sports from the government. Youth sports are organized by private entities (albeit some of them might be set up as non-profits). This implies multiple entities can compete for the market. That in turn implies fragmentation. The best business model is not to go play in someone else's league and claim that your club's teams are the best-trained but to organize a league yourself and claim that only those that play in it are the best.

      It also means constant change and churn as new-entrants try to do one better than existing entities to gain market share. I would not be surprised if in a few years' time, there would be a completely new 'elite' league , claiming better connections with colleges, or something that finds a new marketing angle besides college admissions/scholarships. For instance, it is not inconceivable that there could a new structure that markets that it will facilitate kids playing two sports competitively. By allowing multiple sports to be played under the same governing umbrella, they could claim that it will allow for coordination of schedules and development across the two sports.

      As a second example, as colleges suffer through covid-19 and are able to offer only a diluted on-campus experience for the foreseeable future, perhaps even the next 2-3 years, and as enrollment declines because of lack of affordability, colleges might get into the business of youth sports too.

      Suffice to say that we are living in a time of great change. As things start to open up, over the next 2-3 years, there are going to be great changes in many areas of our lives.

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