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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostReading the comments on this board - it seems like the the ECNL people aren’t happy with a new league - I have to question why? As another poster said if your kid is happy on her team - be happy and don’t worry about another league - competition is a good thing as it forces everyone to bring their A game.
My kid is actually on an ECNL team and I am glad there will be another league with a national platform as it gives us all options and forces clubs to be competitive or they will lose members.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe reason is because it fractures the talent into different leagues. It was forecasted with onset of GDA and happened to a fair degree. Now with most of the players back to ECNL, I doubt this new GAL league will make much of an impact without USSF backing, but still a few players might give it a go before they waste another year playing ever crappier teams than GDA had week in and week out. If GDA folded so quickly, GAL HAS NO CHANCE TO MAKE IT MORE THAN A SINGLE YEAR .... and it will not be an ideal, elite league at all. If they make it to a 2nd year, that league will be EDP 3rd division quality.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe reason is because it fractures the talent into different leagues. It was forecasted with onset of GDA and happened to a fair degree. Now with most of the players back to ECNL, I doubt this new GAL league will make much of an impact without USSF backing, but still a few players might give it a go before they waste another year playing ever crappier teams than GDA had week in and week out. If GDA folded so quickly, GAL HAS NO CHANCE TO MAKE IT MORE THAN A SINGLE YEAR .... and it will not be an ideal, elite league at all. If they make it to a 2nd year, that league will be EDP 3rd division quality.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe reason is because it fractures the talent into different leagues. It was forecasted with onset of GDA and happened to a fair degree. Now with most of the players back to ECNL, I doubt this new GAL league will make much of an impact without USSF backing, but still a few players might give it a go before they waste another year playing ever crappier teams than GDA had week in and week out. If GDA folded so quickly, GAL HAS NO CHANCE TO MAKE IT MORE THAN A SINGLE YEAR .... and it will not be an ideal, elite league at all. If they make it to a 2nd year, that league will be EDP 3rd division quality.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIn some respects it already like a lower level EDP quality, look at some of the teams Ukies, LISC etc a lot of their teams got destroyed playing EDP!
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMaybe Ukies was weaker because their best players alway left for the national platform leagues- now they have the option to play at a club that has a national platform and they may not leave. Ukies has alway had strong younger teams that got weaker as they got older bc the best players left, now they don’t have to leave for that exposure. The ECNL teams that compete with Ukies such as bucks and Delco are not exactly strong - so Ukies has a chance to get some of those players and to keep their own strong players. Additionally the other DA teams may have been weaker bc the no high school rule, and the substitute rule, kept some kids away the new league fixed those issues and may attract other players that wouldn’t consider DA. Time will tell how it all plays out, but I would hardly think it’s an automatic failure as some seem to be hoping. Choice and competition are a good thing and should result in stronger teams.
I don't see how they really fixed the HS issue. There FAQs says HS is permitted for those who want to "implement a break". Basically the same as GDA.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostGeez that's a lot of maybe...
I don't see how they really fixed the HS issue. There FAQs says HS is permitted for those who want to "implement a break". Basically the same as GDA.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostGeez that's a lot of maybe...
I don't see how they really fixed the HS issue. There FAQs says HS is permitted for those who want to "implement a break". Basically the same as GDA.
But kids in public school were not offered a waiver.
So "implementing a break" is completely different and is open to all not only parochial/privately schooled kids.
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the debate, sorry arguing, shouldn't be about which league is better. There should be one league, with teams in div 1, 2 , 3 etc. There should not be ECNL or GAL or EDP or any other letter formation someone invents, but one league. It would mean that every team plays the teams at the same level as them with minimum travel.
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