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    #31
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Oh like we were pumping out world class players on the men's side before the age change.
    That's the crazy part - the NT has much bigger issues beyond relative age effect. MUCH BIGGER.

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      #32
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      In the immediate term, some feel like they won and some feel like they lost. No sense arguing past each other, although I do believe the late months in the aggregate have been more disaffected by the change than the early months ever were under the old system. Anyway I've said this since day 1 and I'm sticking to it: when US Soccer looks back in five years and sees: i) overall participation rates down 10-15%, ii) the relative age effect drastically magnified, and most importantly iii) zero improvement in our national teams' relative world standing, they'd better be willing to not make excuses and admit they made a mistake.
      USSF doesn't care if participation among the riff-raff falls off. There aren't enough fields and coaches for them anyway. They are aiming for quality over quantity and will increase prices to maintain revenue. In other words, they WANT to magnify the RAE.

      Easier to find the needles if you shrink the haystack.

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        #33
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        USSF doesn't care if participation among the riff-raff falls off. There aren't enough fields and coaches for them anyway. They are aiming for quality over quantity and will increase prices to maintain revenue. In other words, they WANT to magnify the RAE.

        Easier to find the needles if you shrink the haystack.
        What? You realize sports are ultimately an entertainment industry. Without a big haystack it is just a sorry bunch of needles​ with no support or purpose.

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          #34
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          What? You realize sports are ultimately an entertainment industry. Without a big haystack it is just a sorry bunch of needles​ with no support or purpose.
          There's plenty of room for those kids and family in recreation and travel.

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            #35
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            There's plenty of room for those kids and family in recreation and travel.
            There is room for them in a different sport all together if us soccer does not want to grow the sport for all.

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              #36
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              There is room for them in a different sport all together if us soccer does not want to grow the sport for all.
              Yup, this is where they they are gonna shoot themselves in the foot. Not so much in 8th grade or 12th grade, when everyone is either in for the ride or about to get off. Rather the big drop off will be in kindergarten. Year after year after year. Too many horrified moms would never hear of placing their precious October Mias among those big scary unfamiliar first graders, even if they're only a few months older. But they don't go to school together! Maybe we better just stick to gymnastics.

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                #37
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                What? You realize sports are ultimately an entertainment industry. Without a big haystack it is just a sorry bunch of needles​ with no support or purpose.
                Youth soccer was losing players before the calendar year mandate changes.

                From USSF thread "Youth soccer is losing players – down from 11.2 million in 2011 to 8.9 million in 2015, according to Project Play."

                Yet soccer at the pro level is still quite popular. Boys Youth national teams also have great success at 17 and 20 levels

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