The Revolution Academy needs to make some changes.

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But can you go to college for next to nothing at any time? Make $90k for 3 years and then having to pay $75k/year for college down the road because they wont give you anything instead of going to college and making $60k on scholarships, ..... you made $270k of which you likely lost 1/3 to taxes and most of the rest of it to living and now you have no education and need to come up with $75k per year to go back to school ..... as opposed to coming out in 4 years with a degree and some student loan debt (if you needed to take it) .... then you could try your luck at pro soccer. Sorry the college route is far more sound to me.

There is no way in F*CK that I am coughing up $75K/yr for college. I don’t care where the heck my kid gets in. It’s MY money. Let him earn college himself if he wants to go. If he’s footing the bill, it won’t be for no $75K/he school.

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There is no way in F*CK that I am coughing up $75K/yr for college. I don’t care where the heck my kid gets in. It’s MY money. Let him earn college himself if he wants to go. If he’s footing the bill, it won’t be for no $75K/he school.

Brian that’s a bit harsh, but understandable.

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What you make at 23 doesn't matter as much as what you make at 30. He won't be making that much annually at 30.

Fun fact - US soccer players have much shorter careers than their international counterparts.

"In soccer in the UK, according to the Professional Footballer’s Association, the average career length is eight years from the time a players signs their first professional contract, while the average retirement age is thirty five. In Major League Soccer, according to a study done by James Carey and former UCSB and USL Pro player Nathaniel Boyden, in any given season, over 50% of the players who enter the league, are not there in two years, and only 20% are there after five years. Additionally, they found that the average MLS Rookie can expect a two and a half year career.
"http://www.businessofsoccer.com/2014/07/30/professional-development-post-playing-career-part-1-broadcasting/

Another fun fact: MLS salaries are low for both rookies and averages overall. Plenty of stats out there on that

Look, I'm not knocking kids chasing their dreams and they've done something very few will achieve. My kid certainly won't be growing pro. But, the cold hard reality is very few make it and few make decent money at it for more than a few years. Any professional athlete should have a Plan B and a Plan C isn't a bad idea either. If you're with the Revs B and C plans are a must.

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Fun fact - US soccer players have much shorter careers than their international counterparts.

"In soccer in the UK, according to the Professional Footballer’s Association, the average career length is eight years from the time a players signs their first professional contract, while the average retirement age is thirty five. In Major League Soccer, according to a study done by James Carey and former UCSB and USL Pro player Nathaniel Boyden, in any given season, over 50% of the players who enter the league, are not there in two years, and only 20% are there after five years. Additionally, they found that the average MLS Rookie can expect a two and a half year career.
"http://www.businessofsoccer.com/2014/07/30/professional-development-post-playing-career-part-1-broadcasting/

Another fun fact: MLS salaries are low for both rookies and averages overall. Plenty of stats out there on that

Look, I'm not knocking kids chasing their dreams and they've done something very few will achieve. My kid certainly won't be growing pro. But, the cold hard reality is very few make it and few make decent money at it for more than a few years. Any professional athlete should have a Plan B and a Plan C isn't a bad idea either. If you're with the Revs B and C plans are a must.

No different than any other professional athlete..

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No different than any other professional athlete..

But soccer players don't make nearly the same coin the big sport athletes do. Lower salary plus shorter career = less saved. Also Football and basketball players are more often college graduates because the NFL and NBA use college as their farm team program. Sure it might be a sSports Management degree but it's a degree. For soccer you're supposed to skip college if you're serious about going pro.

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Fun fact - US soccer players have much shorter careers than their international counterparts.

"In soccer in the UK, according to the Professional Footballer’s Association, the average career length is eight years from the time a players signs their first professional contract, while the average retirement age is thirty five. In Major League Soccer, according to a study done by James Carey and former UCSB and USL Pro player Nathaniel Boyden, in any given season, over 50% of the players who enter the league, are not there in two years, and only 20% are there after five years. Additionally, they found that the average MLS Rookie can expect a two and a half year career.
"http://www.businessofsoccer.com/2014/07/30/professional-development-post-playing-career-part-1-broadcasting/

Another fun fact: MLS salaries are low for both rookies and averages overall. Plenty of stats out there on that

Look, I'm not knocking kids chasing their dreams and they've done something very few will achieve. My kid certainly won't be growing pro. But, the cold hard reality is very few make it and few make decent money at it for more than a few years. Any professional athlete should have a Plan B and a Plan C isn't a bad idea either. If you're with the Revs B and C plans are a must.

Plan B-Z: go to college whenever they feel like it.

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Plan B-Z: go to college whenever they feel like it.

They can’t afford to.

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They can’t afford to.

Exactly. Few 20 year olds making $80K will be careful to bank most of their salary in anticipation of going to college some day. You're 25, your career is over, maybe you have $80K in the bank. You better hope for a lot of merit $.

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Fun fact - US soccer players have much shorter careers than their international counterparts.

"In soccer in the UK, according to the Professional Footballer’s Association, the average career length is eight years from the time a players signs their first professional contract, while the average retirement age is thirty five. In Major League Soccer, according to a study done by James Carey and former UCSB and USL Pro player Nathaniel Boyden, in any given season, over 50% of the players who enter the league, are not there in two years, and only 20% are there after five years. Additionally, they found that the average MLS Rookie can expect a two and a half year career.
"http://www.businessofsoccer.com/2014/07/30/professional-development-post-playing-career-part-1-broadcasting/

Another fun fact: MLS salaries are low for both rookies and averages overall. Plenty of stats out there on that

Look, I'm not knocking kids chasing their dreams and they've done something very few will achieve. My kid certainly won't be growing pro. But, the cold hard reality is very few make it and few make decent money at it for more than a few years. Any professional athlete should have a Plan B and a Plan C isn't a bad idea either. If you're with the Revs B and C plans are a must.

Hard to have a long career when there are no
Lower division teams...

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Exactly. Few 20 year olds making $80K will be careful to bank most of their salary in anticipation of going to college some day. You're 25, your career is over, maybe you have $80K in the bank. You better hope for a lot of merit $.

Few get the chance to get payed for playing the beautiful game in a professional league. That is a priceless dream.

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Few get the chance to get payed for playing the beautiful game in a professional league. That is a priceless dream.

Agreed, but it isn't priceless. There most definitely are associated costs.

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Few get the chance to get payed for playing the beautiful game in a professional league. That is a priceless dream.

There is no beautiful game at the Revs under all the BS.

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Exactly. Few 20 year olds making $80K will be careful to bank most of their salary in anticipation of going to college some day. You're 25, your career is over, maybe you have $80K in the bank. You better hope for a lot of merit $.

They can take a few classes at a time at night, attend community or state school. Your life is not over because you didn’t go to college at age 18 like the rest of the drones.

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They can take a few classes at a time at night, attend community or state school. Your life is not over because you didn’t go to college at age 18 like the rest of the drones.

You're 27-30 years old and you just retired. You never went to college. You have a home, and a wife, and potentially a child. You have 2 nice cars in the driveway. Your mortgage is $2,500+, the cars add up to $900+ and the cable bill is $275 a month. You have no job. The bills don't go on sabbatical. How do you afford not to work? How in the world do you afford to pay for college classes? Commuting to UMass Boston will cost you almost $15,000 per year.

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You're 27-30 years old and you just retired. You never went to college. You have a home, and a wife, and potentially a child. You have 2 nice cars in the driveway. Your mortgage is $2,500+, the cars add up to $900+ and the cable bill is $275 a month. You have no job. The bills don't go on sabbatical. How do you afford not to work? How in the world do you afford to pay for college classes? Commuting to UMass Boston will cost you almost $15,000 per year.

The wife is a doctor and makes $535,000.