How did thornz acad end up such a mess?

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Thorns doesn't pay for travel.

$2000 fees x 25 kids = $50,000. Fees charged.
$125 tryouts x 45 kids $5600 tryouts charged.

Travel cost 6 trips x 16 kids x $500 cost = $48,000 cost.

Looks like families are paying for travel.

Timbers really should stick to pro soccer and stay away from youth soccer. There are probably some nice profits to be had but that's not a good reason.

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They(FC Dallas) profit from the sale of Texas youth league products when the get sold abroad the transfer transfer fees go to the single entity MLS/FC Dallas.

That's called the commercial side of things and the South Texas local clubs get shut out instead FC Dallas gets pd?

South Texas youth soccer gets nothing and FC Dallas & MLS get paid off the efforts of local non-profit clubs that developed the players.

Timbers aren't making any monies off our local kids (becoming pros) like the other academies. They built a different model to provide service to our remedial state. They are here to help us get on our feet since we blow up everything we touch. See OPL.....

It's just how things work in this bass ackward country when it comes to soccer.

The Timbers are not making any monies off our local kids (becoming pros) because they have yet to develop a player that someone is willing to pay a transfer fee. Westside Timbers tried with Rubio Rubin.

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Governing bodies granting a monopoly to an unregulated for-profit entity is always a bad idea.

Simply bad for the game.

Doesn't mean that the Timbers/Thorns academy is good or bad or that the people working for them are good or bad.

Not sure if anyone was granted a monopoly position. There are lots of hoops to jump thru as well as costs associated with the DA. Not sure if any other qualified clubs in Oregon applied.

Eastside in Seattle had the DA and later backed out when they realized the costs of having a DA.

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US soccer has to be considered the biggest embarrassment of all national teams. You start the Development Academies and force kids to choose between high school and club soccer. It's been 10 years and this is what we have to show for it. We can't qualify in the worst qualifier

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US soccer has to be considered the biggest embarrassment of all national teams. You start the Development Academies and force kids to choose between high school and club soccer. It's been 10 years and this is what we have to show for it. We can't qualify in the worst qualifier

US Soccer hopes to do to the womens side what they have done to the mens side. That is not a good move.

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US soccer has to be considered the biggest embarrassment of all national teams. You start the Development Academies and force kids to choose between high school and club soccer. It's been 10 years and this is what we have to show for it. We can't qualify in the worst qualifier

Hard to argue. US Soccer is not very good at this.

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Hard to argue. US Soccer is not very good at this.

US Soccer is only getting into trying to train kids because it is a lucrative market. They’ve never been very good at it. Hopefully they don’t tank the girls side like they did to the men’s side.

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US Soccer is only getting into trying to train kids because it is a lucrative market. They’ve never been very good at it. Hopefully they don’t tank the girls side like they did to the men’s side.

This is the USA. Profits are not a bad thing.

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Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
Thorns doesn't pay for travel.

$2000 fees x 25 kids = $50,000. Fees charged.
$125 tryouts x 45 kids $5600 tryouts charged.

Travel cost 6 trips x 16 kids x $500 cost = $48,000 cost.

Looks like families are paying for travel.

So what. Just move on.

It's kind of an open secret but it's still less than the cost of ECNL by 1500 or so.

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It's kind of an open secret but it's still less than the cost of ECNL by 1500 or so.

That's like saying the poop you are shoveling isn't as bad as the crap that is also around.

Both are a joke and both are dismal.

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Thorns doesn't pay for travel.

$2000 fees x 25 kids = $50,000. Fees charged.
$125 tryouts x 45 kids $5600 tryouts charged.

Travel cost 6 trips x 16 kids x $500 cost = $48,000 cost.

Looks like families are paying for travel.

So what. Just move on.

It's kind of an open secret but it's still less than the cost of ECNL by 1500 or so.

Plus they get discounts on travel probably from Alaska Airlines so that probably cuts the cost down some.

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Plus they get discounts on travel probably from Alaska Airlines so that probably cuts the cost down some.

Doesn’t McDonald’s sponsor them too? That should get a lot of cash in the door.

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Doesn’t McDonald’s sponsor them too? That should get a lot of cash in the door.

All you can eat McRibs? That would change things.

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All you can eat McRibs? That would change things.

Mc Rib? Are you kidding me? I'd go out for the team if I could get a free pass to chow on MCRIBS.

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Mc Rib? Are you kidding me? I'd go out for the team if I could get a free pass to chow on MCRIBS.

McRib? I’d hate to see the manufacturing process to create those. Me, I’ll stick with a Filet O Fish. Fresh caught goodness.