The Revolution Academy needs to make some changes.

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They blew up the residency program. That was fast.

Nothing blew up at all. The kids and families smartened up. One left after a month. The other rode out the season.

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No skin in this game but if the revs stink so much, why all the waiver envy?

Me thinks thou dust protest too much to be taken serious. Kid aint good enough and whining like an addict without drugs.

Some think the Revs would do better if they would give waivers. They probably wouldn't but it's fun for them to fantasize. Clubs and USSF don't have to give waivers. It's up to their discretion. A MLS club is spending money on your kid, and for 99.9% of players they'll never get a solidarity payment once your kid goes pro - because they won't ever go pro.

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Nothing blew up at all. The kids and families smartened up. One left after a month. The other rode out the season.

Is that player returning? Have they expanded the program?

I think we know the answers to those questions

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Is that player returning? Have they expanded the program?

I think we know the answers to those questions

Simply read NESJ for answers to all your waiver envy ogling.

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A MLS club is spending money on your kid, and for 99.9% of players they'll never get a solidarity payment once your kid goes pro - because they won't ever go pro.

For Revs, they won't ever get a payment unless a player is bought by another club. And then they only get a cut of what the league leaves (they were butthurt from the Dempsey deal way back).

USSF doesn't do solidarity payments (compensation for training a player who is later bought by another club with a transfer fee). So if the Bolts/GPS etc train a player from U9-16 and then the Revs take him and sign him, there won't be any solidarity payments coming (even if the player had been on "scholarship"). See the Crossfire/Sounders and Yedlin situation.

Just to quibble a little...I think more than 0.01% of the players sign a homegrown contract with the Revs. They have 6 on the roster now, even if a thousand kids have gone through the Revs DA over the years, that's still 0.6%. Like I said...quibbling!

I think one HG player a yield would be pretty good(?). Depending on how many minutes actually get played (aside from Caldwell and Fagundez until recently, not too many). For the academy to be close to balancing the books, the Revs would need to sign a player with a HG discount to the market (vs signing someone from the USL) so that there would be savings. That's a big stretch if the players don't even start.

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For Revs, they won't ever get a payment unless a player is bought by another club. And then they only get a cut of what the league leaves (they were butthurt from the Dempsey deal way back).

USSF doesn't do solidarity payments (compensation for training a player who is later bought by another club with a transfer fee). So if the Bolts/GPS etc train a player from U9-16 and then the Revs take him and sign him, there won't be any solidarity payments coming (even if the player had been on "scholarship"). See the Crossfire/Sounders and Yedlin situation.

Just to quibble a little...I think more than 0.01% of the players sign a homegrown contract with the Revs. They have 6 on the roster now, even if a thousand kids have gone through the Revs DA over the years, that's still 0.6%. Like I said...quibbling!

I think one HG player a yield would be pretty good(?). Depending on how many minutes actually get played (aside from Caldwell and Fagundez until recently, not too many). For the academy to be close to balancing the books, the Revs would need to sign a player with a HG discount to the market (vs signing someone from the USL) so that there would be savings. That's a big stretch if the players don't even start.

Other MLS clubs have had very good success with the DA players/home growns.

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Simply read NESJ for answers to all your waiver envy ogling.

Not just Revs players defecting to privates

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Other MLS clubs have had very good success with the DA players/home growns.

Because other MLS clubs do things right.

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Because other MLS clubs do things right.

That was my point. It's about what you put into it. And before someone chimes in about a new facility, without better coaching and some degree of management involvement, none of it matters.

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Of course they aren’t giving waivers. They will simply add ISL players to their rosters after the fall season.

winner winner chicken dinner. Plenty of DA clubs do it. It's technically within the rules.

The Revs are giving out waivers. Everyone knows.

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The Revs are giving out waivers. Everyone knows.

Makes zero sense for any ISL player to play at Revs, even with a waiver. Why throw away college options that your school helps create? NEFC/GPS/Bolts are by far the better options.

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Makes zero sense for any ISL player to play at Revs, even with a waiver. Why throw away college options that your school helps create? NEFC/GPS/Bolts are by far the better options.

Bolts are D2 now and GPS/NEFC are a distant D3.

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Makes zero sense for any ISL player to play at Revs, even with a waiver. Why throw away college options that your school helps create? NEFC/GPS/Bolts are by far the better options.

How does playing for Revs throw away college options? That’s what ISL is for.

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Makes zero sense for any ISL player to play at Revs, even with a waiver. Why throw away college options that your school helps create? NEFC/GPS/Bolts are by far the better options.

Quite the opposite - if you pull off getting an official or unofficial waiver to play at a pro club for free plus get a great education, why wouldn't you? The Revs are very weak for a MLS club but they still isn't viewed as weaker than Bolts or Seacoast.

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The Revs are very weak for a MLS club but they still isn't viewed as weaker than Bolts or Seacoast.

Not according to the USSDA standings or the college commitments. What objective measures are you using?