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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostEverybody including HS coaches know the rules for GDA. HS coaches who take GDA players after the showcase will get blackballed. Other HS coaches will not schedule to play high schools who take GDA players in mid December (really January with the schools on break).
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostEverybody including HS coaches know the rules for GDA. HS coaches who take GDA players after the showcase will get blackballed. Other HS coaches will not schedule to play high schools who take GDA players in mid December (really January with the schools on break).
Some states have restrictions on players doing high school and club at the same time but not here. FL is also unusual in terms of when HS runs - mostly during the DA down period - making it more tempting for DA players to squeeze in HS play. In most of the rest of the country DA active periods and HS run concurrently (fall or spring). Besides the fact that USSF hates HS ball, the main point of the rule is to keep kids from burning out doing both.
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Age decision is a biz one. They keep all those players instead of cutting some to make a combined team. That is all it is. Bad for strong players but good for the club bank account. What is good for the bank account always wins.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAge decision is a biz one. They keep all those players instead of cutting some to make a combined team. That is all it is. Bad for strong players but good for the club bank account. What is good for the bank account always wins.
Might not have lost those top clubs back to ECNL last year if this was in place.
Not good for funneling the top level players together though.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYou are lost. With the new PT player rule in the DA any kid can play before or after HS a total of 12 games now with the DA. There’s no rule that prohibits that at all in HS or DA. There will be a ton of kids going back to HS now after the DA showcase and they will now just practice with the DA one or two nights a week along with their other club team. The DA has finally gotten smart and now allows both club full time and DA part time which is more than ECNL does. At ECNL they can’t play with another club like they can with DA now. I guarantee you will see regional and national ODP players staying with their own club and playing part time DA now that they can. There will definitely be more players going the the DA’s now especially national team level players fo sure. I think ECNL will be fine also especially for kids who are at smaller weaker clubs. There’s more than enough good players for both. It will come down to location which is easiest for players I think
DA has not "gotten smart" on the HS issue and the rules are still the same. They could care less about HS soccer. FL is about the only state that has the HS season at a time when DA is so quiet. Everywhere else school ball and DA are at the same time, so doing HS 5-6 days a week plus DA 5 days/ a wee is a recipe for exhaustion and no time to do homework or have a life.
As for your last statement? No there are not enough players to do both. It's a watered down mess. It's good for the players to have options and go to what works for them. But there's not enough talent or quality coaches to run two quality leagues.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAge decision is a biz one. They keep all those players instead of cutting some to make a combined team. That is all it is. Bad for strong players but good for the club bank account. What is good for the bank account always wins.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIt's not a new rule, it's always been there. But a PT player has to be in the DA club say on a club's B team to be allowed. They can't be at another club. It's the in the DA rules.
DA has not "gotten smart" on the HS issue and the rules are still the same. They could care less about HS soccer. FL is about the only state that has the HS season at a time when DA is so quiet. Everywhere else school ball and DA are at the same time, so doing HS 5-6 days a week plus DA 5 days/ a wee is a recipe for exhaustion and no time to do homework or have a life.
As for your last statement? No there are not enough players to do both. It's a watered down mess. It's good for the players to have options and go to what works for them. But there's not enough talent or quality coaches to run two quality leagues.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostB teams at gda ? What’s that? Isn’t that ecnl?
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Just have your kid run track or play lax or field hockey or something. Youth soccer needs to just be flushed down the toilet at this point
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostGDA girls are playing HS. Starting Monday you will see the HS rosters all transform with "new" players. The no HS rule is not enforced. And especially for U18/19, they only want the winter showcase. After that, who cares?!
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIt's not a new rule, it's always been there. But a PT player has to be in the DA club say on a club's B team to be allowed. They can't be at another club. It's the in the DA rules.
DA has not "gotten smart" on the HS issue and the rules are still the same. They could care less about HS soccer. FL is about the only state that has the HS season at a time when DA is so quiet. Everywhere else school ball and DA are at the same time, so doing HS 5-6 days a week plus DA 5 days/ a wee is a recipe for exhaustion and no time to do homework or have a life.
As for your last statement? No there are not enough players to do both. It's a watered down mess. It's good for the players to have options and go to what works for them. But there's not enough talent or quality coaches to run two quality leagues.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostCan't say if they will be enforced, but under the new rules for the GDA any FT player who plays HS soccer without a waiver has to be removed from the DA for the remainder of the season. So u18/19 may not matter as much but for the rest if rule is followed would mean they would be out.
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