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If participation is down why do clubs seem to be growing?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWhat club goes your kid play for? The heavy hitters in this state do not form teams for the 8th graders. Perhaps some mid tiers do. Problem is, if a high level player, you cannot be playing for another club.
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It I hard to understand. They would seem to have thousands of ready made fans with all the high school players alone. But instead of making these girls feel admired, or accomplished or supported in their pursuit of the sport, us soccer snubs them big time and describes then as lesser and unworthy and poor examples of soccer players. Not exactly a great recipe for attracting admiring fans. It comes across as so snobby and obnoxious.
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I dont understand why they don't search high and low to find a great high school player to promote as well as others from other affordable options. That would give young girls a real person to emulate instead to only seeing those that can afford super expensive gda type soccer with all that travel succeed in the sport. How is this growing the sport and making it feel inclusive and attractive? The opposite is happening
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIt I hard to understand. They would seem to have thousands of ready made fans with all the high school players alone. But instead of making these girls feel admired, or accomplished or supported in their pursuit of the sport, us soccer snubs them big time and describes then as lesser and unworthy and poor examples of soccer players. Not exactly a great recipe for attracting admiring fans. It comes across as so snobby and obnoxious.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDo they ever go out and talk to players and families about any of this?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMaybe they only want the wealthy kids who can afford to pay to play soccer 24/7... The GDA is looking for unicorns and it takes a lot of time and money to develop unicorns.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostOk. You hear lots of whining and crying about women's soccer league not having enough ticket sales. Try not insulting the majority of players in the country that access soccer though school sports if you want fans for your sport.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThey're doing a great job disenfranchising players and families. Costs keep going up, travel gets worse, the age change mess, a lot of shady clubs operating. No wonder participation is down. Not every 11 year old will keep playing through HS let alone into adulthood. But when they/their families leave discouraged they're much less likely to remain fans of the sport.
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Is there any other sport quite like soccer where the participation is as high as it is, but the kids playing the sport couldn't care less about it in terms of being a typical fan, watching it on TV or go to watch it in person (college or pro)? This has always struck me as a major problem and US Soccer is so out to lunch on dealing with it.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIs there any other sport quite like soccer where the participation is as high as it is, but the kids playing the sport couldn't care less about it in terms of being a typical fan, watching it on TV or go to watch it in person (college or pro)? This has always struck me as a major problem and US Soccer is so out to lunch on dealing with it.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIs there any other sport quite like soccer where the participation is as high as it is, but the kids playing the sport couldn't care less about it in terms of being a typical fan, watching it on TV or go to watch it in person (college or pro)? This has always struck me as a major problem and US Soccer is so out to lunch on dealing with it.
When you talk about participation, those millions of players include really young kids who are more into Disney than watching adult sports. Even older kids are too busy with activities, including soccer, and homework to spend time watching games on TV or live. And there is the programming itself; very little soccer is televised at all and when it is, it’s not at a convenient time for kids to watch (late on a school night or on Saturdays when they are having their own games, etc.) A huge % of youth soccer players are girls who really want to see women play, but NWSL and USWNT games are rarely televised. Frankly, adults watch soccer and other sports for entertainment, but to ask kids to watch it as education is nonsense. Most kids, even if they are really into soccer, do not have the attention span or interest to learn much from it.
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