This whole mess is caused by-----

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You are misunderstanding the comment -- it wasn't that you need to stop being a league to develop. It's that the GDA in its current form isn't achieving its goals by focusing itself as a league and trying to replace ECNL exactly (with more restrictions that do not appeal to most).

So much of the current GDA platform, in terms of time and cost, is spent on weekly games far away. With fewer clubs and more focus on the players supposed to be there, the game component can be solved in some other ways. That is the easiest part. Having a consistent development platform in place that works across the geography is what is failing.

Nope. what si failing is there is no real tangible benefit from being better.

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It is worth adding that most parents and kids want to continue to develop. If they stop developing, then they won't have a chance of playing in college or on the national team.

They are happy to work just hard enough to be good enough for whatever goal they set. most of those goals are pretty low in soccer terms. Playing in college covers a whole host of levels from excellent to frankly pretty bad. Once that goal is achieved ie NLI ...many stop trying. Look at how hard it is to get a full u18/19 team.

Fact - you dont have to maximize your talents to play in college and many colleges are not very good at soccer. Back to my point - excellence is not valued enough for a developmental pathway to be attractive. In another culture HS soccer would be laughed at for better players. Not becasueits not fun, but because you fall so far behind the other players taking it seriously that there is no chance of catching up. Here, thats NOT a risk on the girls side becasue demand far outstrips supply.

The USSF want players to make sacrifices they dont have to make to achieve their goals . why would anyone do that? Its not like the fall back is a pro career make say 100k per year. Most pros earn less than my daughter will "earn" on a gteed 4 year scholarship and benefits - FOR PLAYING AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS IN THE GAME...

they take a pay "cut" to be a pro .

So tell me again why anyone should care about a NT driven agenda ? the best players in 9th grade are being offered "money" before they even have to show that they are really committed to getting better and realizing that potential.

the ssytem will NEVER produce at the level it could while no one is nceted to do that.

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The same goes with the USSF, but they are building out a DA platform. Does anyone have any issues with NT selections or how they were treated by US Soccer coaches? What about what AH said about having to join DA to make a NT. That's the quote in SoccerWire.

What does USSF care about. Plenty of players are not getting playing time in DA and ECNL. If they didn't have the staff and budgets in place then why build a platform without adequate oversight? How about using the complaint box for serious issues and for patterns tracing back to specific clubs or coaches?

I don't think a lot of people have agreed with the US Soccer approach. If you care about building the game, it has to start at the younger ages, be structured, bring together and not divide, and be fair.

Do you think there are 20 U.S. players out there that could have beaten last year's MNT? College coaches do.

Trust is 2 ways. and I dont have any opinion on DA. Its a very different beast and its NOT run by the same people. there are professional clubs involved. changes the dynamics completely

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Fill in the blank,like to see responses.

Gullible parents.

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Gullible parents.

gul·li·ble adjective

easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.

Yes.

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gul·li·ble adjective

easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.

Yes.

It's a two way thing:

Definition of bill of goods. 1 : a consignment of merchandise. 2 : something intentionally misrepresented : something passed off in a deception or fraud —often used in the phrase sell a bill of goods.

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It's a two way thing:

Definition of bill of goods. 1 : a consignment of merchandise. 2 : something intentionally misrepresented : something passed off in a deception or fraud —often used in the phrase sell a bill of goods.

After they hit teenage years, the writing is on the wall. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

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^^^^ yes and yes ^^^^

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It's a two way thing:

Definition of bill of goods. 1 : a consignment of merchandise. 2 : something intentionally misrepresented : something passed off in a deception or fraud —often used in the phrase sell a bill of goods.

Can we add "Dictionary citation guy" to the list of TS crank types?