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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAnd why wouldn't they be?
My D does into her senior year of college this year. Having seem every one of her games over the the past 3 years, including many top 25 programs, it is very, very obvious & clear that college ball is more of an extension of the HS game, eg physical, direct and kickball rather than euro-trash club style of possession and buildup.
And you know what? I don't care. At all.
I am simply grateful for the scholarship dough. And that's alright.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAnd why wouldn't they be?
My D does into her senior year of college this year. Having seem every one of her games over the the past 3 years, including many top 25 programs, it is very, very obvious & clear that college ball is more of an extension of the HS game, eg physical, direct and kickball rather than euro-trash club style of possession and buildup.
And you know what? I don't care. At all.
I am simply grateful for the scholarship dough. And that's alright.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostUp next will be the rubes who will claim that EJ should shut up.
But, the writing is on the wall...he is not the first to realize our position and our nat’l team results, at all levels, are even more telling
Right on schedule. Now when we tank in the next WC the same fools will blame everyone but their own clubs...
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAnd in the aggregate, the boys are much worse, all the while drawing in the 3rd and 4th level athletic talent in this country. Sorry Eddie.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostLet's be real. Only a couple of hardo's will really care. But they will be vocal.
Everyone else will go back to their regularly scheduled programming.
A) How 100% of college can be paid for with a women’s soccer scholarship that are plentiful and easy to get?
B) ECNL vs DA
C) D1 vs D3
Come on. When a pro like EJ makes an honest observation that pops the mythical ECNL/college quality bubble notice how quickly the excuses come out and the topic gets changed. Suddenly nothing matters and let’s all move on. What a joke!
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI think that's the point being missed in the effort to make this about GDA or his lack of "qualifications" to comment. Anybody who has played the game should be able to look at what is being produced and be disappointed in it.
I don't think the bill payers (parents) care because:
* Most have no clue
* Kids are running around and the ball goes really high so it must be good
* They honestly do not care because they are in it for an ROI, not to learn the game
What is being produced is the shortest route to winning with the player pool Clubs provide.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDo try to stay on point. There's lots of lots of anti-DA threads.
This is a first-hand, unbiased account while watching U17 ECNL girls play.
Just because your kid is ugly doesn't mean all kids are....
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis thread should be pinned for that very reason.
I love academics. College athletics ruins it. An endless parade of scandal.
https://www.ranker.com/list/college-...als/swiperight
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/...es-last-decade
I know you are all happy for your kid to get into a better school than your kid would qualify for, but this takes that spot away from a better student. I think that stinks.
I know you who have enough income to spend thousands a year on crappy big club soccer (Eddie Johnson is right) are all happy to get "scholarship" money (as if that money were really for academic merit!), which could have instead gone to somebody who DIDN'T have thousands to blow per year on glorified rec soccer. I think that stinks, too.
Hopefully, the recent decision to let NCAA players get compensated will spell the end of this toxic mix of athletics and academics.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...er/3841071002/
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAnd what programming is that? Which of the 3 TS Admin approved topics can we talk about? Is it:
A) How 100% of college can be paid for with a women’s soccer scholarship that are plentiful and easy to get?
B) ECNL vs DA
C) D1 vs D3
Come on. When a pro like EJ makes an honest observation that pops the mythical ECNL/college quality bubble notice how quickly the excuses come out and the topic gets changed. Suddenly nothing matters and let’s all move on. What a joke!
Do you really think that the style of play impacts attendances. I dont. I think the risk in trying to play more attractive soccer is greater than the reward of doing so. Look at teh NC Courage. They play Lyon and look totally overmatched and yet they did "win" one friendly and the USA won the WC in France.
I don like the system, but EJ needs to do a lot more than say its trash. How about telling us the benefits of making it "better" and how he would go about doing it?
I bet he makes more money from his private training stuff than he would as a USSF coach on the girls side. He is doing whats best for him and thats cool, but the Clubs are doing exactly the same thing
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostVirginia,Duke,Wake forest, etc keep the ball on the deck, give out generous scholarships, have developed many NT players. They recruit mostly US players and offer great academics. Have they ever won a National Championship?
What is being produced is the shortest route to winning with the player pool Clubs provide.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI love soccer. College athletics ruins it. With few exceptions (e.g., Stanford, FSU), it is ugly bootball.
I love academics. College athletics ruins it. An endless parade of scandal.
https://www.ranker.com/list/college-...als/swiperight
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/...es-last-decade
I know you are all happy for your kid to get into a better school than your kid would qualify for, but this takes that spot away from a better student. I think that stinks.
I know you who have enough income to spend thousands a year on crappy big club soccer (Eddie Johnson is right) are all happy to get "scholarship" money (as if that money were really for academic merit!), which could have instead gone to somebody who DIDN'T have thousands to blow per year on glorified rec soccer. I think that stinks, too.
Hopefully, the recent decision to let NCAA players get compensated will spell the end of this toxic mix of athletics and academics.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...er/3841071002/
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FSU ? Mostly foreign kids, which says something. Why do Stanford have so few titles compared to UNC then ?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAnd the coaching at both the club and college level gets a pass? Somehow it’s the fault of the player pool when they’ve been brought up in a system from ulittles? Who’s teaching them to boot the ball all the time?
Are there exceptions, of course, but Colleges will just recruit what is out there.heck nowadays they are looking abroad for soccer IQ.
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