With the GDA U19s roster published, it's safe to say the ECNL team is shattered.
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Ecnl teams will be fine. Gda teams will be fine. Club travel teams will be fine. A little bit of swapping around and off they go to another year of Oregon soccer as usual.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostEcnl teams will be fine. Gda teams will be fine. Club travel teams will be fine. A little bit of swapping around and off they go to another year of Oregon soccer as usual.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Post^^This. ECNL and academy parents, understand this. Your days of competing to be the best team in Oregon are done. No more state cup and no more Oregon leagues. You are in national leagues now and winning isn't the teams' primary goal. College exposure is. So quit this silly argument, be happy wherever your kid landed, and enjoy the ride while it lasts.
Next year is a different story and as the fees will skyrocket.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostGDA is not for college exposure. Many girls will not even get off the bench for the limited amount of showcases. Those that do get off the bench may get a few minutes here and there. The primary goal is National Team.
Next year is a different story and as the fees will skyrocket.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostGDA is not for college exposure. Many girls will not even get off the bench for the limited amount of showcases. Those that do get off the bench may get a few minutes here and there. The primary goal is National Team.
Next year is a different story and as the fees will skyrocket.
Any evidence of that? Or is that based on the belief that GDA is acting like a predatory monopolist, trying to undercut the local competition (ECNL), and once that is gone (really, we thought that GDA was no threat) prices will go up.
If GDA did such a thing, that would likely be a clear violation of anti-trust law--not just a civil case, but a potential criminal one. But offering a better service at a lower price is not against the law. Just operating at a loss in order to put a less-well-capitalized competitor out of business, then jacking up prices afterwards.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAh, the latest desperate claim from the ECNL boosters trying to strangle the infant GDA in its crib--the low subsidized fee ($2000 including all travel and other expenses) is but a loss-leader; and next year the full cost of the program (or close to it) will be born by participants.
Any evidence of that? Or is that based on the belief that GDA is acting like a predatory monopolist, trying to undercut the local competition (ECNL), and once that is gone (really, we thought that GDA was no threat) prices will go up.
If GDA did such a thing, that would likely be a clear violation of anti-trust law--not just a civil case, but a potential criminal one. But offering a better service at a lower price is not against the law. Just operating at a loss in order to put a less-well-capitalized competitor out of business, then jacking up prices afterwards.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostCU loses one player from a roster of 25. FCP loses 5 players from a roster of 26. That equals "shattered?" Ok.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostGDA is not for college exposure. Many girls will not even get off the bench for the limited amount of showcases. Those that do get off the bench may get a few minutes here and there. The primary goal is National Team.
Next year is a different story and as the fees will skyrocket.
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