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PS, who pays for the DA coaches probably more than 200 of them) and their certifications that USSF makes hefty profits on?

Using this logic the only league with licensed coaches is the DA, which obviously not the case. By the way it was parents who created this coach has to be licensed market by gravitating to clubs who had the licensed coaches.

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They don't charge clubs to be members.
They don't charge clubs to attend events
They pay for the refs for every game at every age group

Txs for posting. Don't you love the know it all's who really have very little facts or knowledge about the sport they and their kids are so invested in? Pinwheel parents...spinning in the wind.

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Using this logic the only league with licensed coaches is the DA, which obviously not the case. By the way it was parents who created this coach has to be licensed market by gravitating to clubs who had the licensed coaches.

Probably many ways, coaches personally, club/school, and maybe scholarship from various soccer organizations.

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~160 clubs (80 boys and 80 girls) x 5 age groups x ~18 kids per team x $50 per kid = $720,000 ..... How much more from sponsors?

Don't these people have any business sense? Shirts arent free, plus Fields and upkeep, salaries and travel, insurance, equipment, tourney fees and incidentials.

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Don't these people have any business sense? Shirts arent free, plus Fields and upkeep, salaries and travel, insurance, equipment, tourney fees and incidentials.

But those things wouldn't be part of USSF's so called money grab.

Rumor has it that any club wearing Capelli their DA teams are given all the apparel at no cost.

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But those things wouldn't be part of USSF's so called money grab.

Rumor has it that any club wearing Capelli their DA teams are given all the apparel at no cost.

Yes. Some have items given to them picked up by the club or the club's trustee. Sometimes picking up the cost of the apparel makes up for sticking it out while a team struggles.
The gdacademy teams do not all wear nike. Nike is the only brand that has an agreement/sponsors ussf. No way would nike allow ussf to pick up the tab for uniforms or apparel other than nike.
So i don't see the money grab part of it.

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Yes. Some have items given to them picked up by the club or the club's trustee. Sometimes picking up the cost of the apparel makes up for sticking it out while a team struggles.
The gdacademy teams do not all wear nike. Nike is the only brand that has an agreement/sponsors ussf. No way would nike allow ussf to pick up the tab for uniforms or apparel other than nike.
So i don't see the money grab part of it.

Nike supplies the balls. Kids are told to leave their own at home.

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Nike supplies the balls. Kids are told to leave their own at home.

Don't they supply them with ECNL too? Or maybe that changed since GDA came about.

The response was to a poster noting that one academy had uniforms given to the players and why don't all of them. The responder said that not all academies are nike clubs. And nike (a ussf partner) would not pick up tab for competitor brands. Balls are not wearing apparel.

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Don't they supply them with ECNL too? Or maybe that changed since GDA came about.

The response was to a poster noting that one academy had uniforms given to the players and why don't all of them. The responder said that not all academies are nike clubs. And nike (a ussf partner) would not pick up tab for competitor brands. Balls are not wearing apparel.

Nobody ever said Nike should pick up the uniforms. 2 things were ssid:

Capelli gives the uniforms and apparel to DA clubs who wear them.

Nike supllies balls to DA teams

Not everything on TS needs to be a fight.

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They don't charge clubs to be members.
They don't charge clubs to attend events
They pay for the refs for every game at every age group

If they didn't make clubs then they would not have admitted so many and would have done it right on the girls side. Quantity was the key because they make a boatload of money somehow. It's obvious that their was no bar set for quality so their had to be a motive for them to creat such a short|t show as they have done. Not buying that USSF doesn't make a boatload of cash from all of this.

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Don't forget kick backs for hotel reservations and I would guess that they get a pretty penny from sponsors as they have major funneling power with the player base. Not to mention growing the fan base for the women's nation team means more money for them as well as NWSL. Plus as the DA becomes THE only way to get to the National Team even more will clamor for inclusion that they control vs other leagues. Don't forget they have a partnership with EDP to help bolster the illusion of the elite academies. Even if they do "lose money" on the GDA itself right now it is more of a loss leader than a straight loss.

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Don't forget kick backs for hotel reservations and I would guess that they get a pretty penny from sponsors as they have major funneling power with the player base. Not to mention growing the fan base for the women's nation team means more money for them as well as NWSL. Plus as the DA becomes THE only way to get to the National Team even more will clamor for inclusion that they control vs other leagues. Don't forget they have a partnership with EDP to help bolster the illusion of the elite academies. Even if they do "lose money" on the GDA itself right now it is more of a loss leader than a straight loss.

Exactly- youth soccer is a big business everyone is in it to make money, if they aren’t making money now they figure out and makes changes to ensure profitability or they will go out of business. Anyone who thinks otherwise is foolish. Economics 101.

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Don't they supply them with ECNL too? Or maybe that changed since GDA came about.

The response was to a poster noting that one academy had uniforms given to the players and why don't all of them. The responder said that not all academies are nike clubs. And nike (a ussf partner) would not pick up tab for competitor brands. Balls are not wearing apparel.

Unless things have changed, ECNL only issues each club enough balls for matches and then those balls are passed down to the teams for training the following season. They don't give out enough for training. From past experience our daughter was told to bring a ball to practice, but our coach always brought two bags full of the Nike game balls. The boys DA teams were supplied with the Nike balls for games and practice.

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If they didn't make clubs then they would not have admitted so many and would have done it right on the girls side. Quantity was the key because they make a boatload of money somehow. It's obvious that their was no bar set for quality so their had to be a motive for them to creat such a short|t show as they have done. Not buying that USSF doesn't make a boatload of cash from all of this.

No league is perfect. Never was. Ship show existed long before gda. Why are you so angry at ussf?
Kid cut?

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Exactly- youth soccer is a big business everyone is in it to make money, if they aren’t making money now they figure out and makes changes to ensure profitability or they will go out of business. Anyone who thinks otherwise is foolish. Economics 101.

Second this too.