Triple AAA Champ vs Last place in the National league West? I take the Big Leagues all day
That's not the issue.
I get it, just having fun with you bro.
I have no issue with players switching leagues. Whatever works for you is fine.
Who actually cares about rankings at this age?
I feel like there's a lot of people who still care, but now that you mention it ... I have to admit I'm spending a lot less time checking the app, so I get your point
Respectable results, good job to your daughter’s team. I hope she is feeling better.
Well, let me help you out Rainbow. All parents believe in their child and think their child is amazing player. The big lie is from coach who says, "I can develop your child to be Elite. Pay me x amount and pay xtra on privates and in no time, I will make your child elite." The GDA got this rolling with 25% guaranteed starts. These were the Founders and people who bank rolled the teams. The truly Elite player got everything for free.
The 25% start was to ensure that ALL players selected for GDA were good enough to be on the team and would receive decent playing time. I'm really not sure why you're upset about it. It's only 25%..
"Selected" is the key word. Pay for guarantee starts is dumb. I'm not upset. This is how it went down, and it hurt the purity of real competition. If your kid was truly a "B or C" team player but your parents were loaded with money, Doc and coach got the player(s) on GDA Elite team when they truly had no business playing on the top team. It hurt the top players getting better. GDA gave a C team player a start every 1 game out of 4 and they did not earn the start. We're seeing the repercussions of that today.
That's still happening a lot in ECNL. More so than it did it was happening in GDA and I don't see how that 1 in 4 start is contributing to the problem at hand.
What is happening a lot in ECNL? Guarantee starts? The first year of the GDA 04, no playoffs and zero repercussions. That was another stupid rule. More dumb rules were no high school soccer, forcing the girls to wear a dumb vest to see how much running they do during the game and at practice. Some coaches used the vest to roast the girls who were not running 5 miles a game or at practice. Messi walks to read the game. No one makes that guy wear a dumb vest. Another dumb rule was 10 months of soccer for 12- & 13-year-olds. Fifi would not be allowed to play in the GDA and that would be horrible. The 25% rule was to make mommy and daddy happy to see their baby girl start in the Girls Development Academy, where this was the only pathway to YNT and WNT and parents would share there dd will be the next Mia. We can agree to disagree. I'm just for pure competition and sick of this pay for play model in our country and parents paying loads of cash for their kid to be elite. True elite players should never have to pay, MOO
Yes, some girls are guaranteed to start based on how much parents donate in ECNL clubs or any club.What is happening a lot in ECNL? Guarantee starts? The first year of the GDA 04, no playoffs and zero repercussions. That was another stupid rule. More dumb rules were no high school soccer, forcing the girls to wear a dumb vest to see how much running they do during the game and at practice. Some coaches used the vest to roast the girls who were not running 5 miles a game or at practice. Messi walks to read the game. No one makes that guy wear a dumb vest. Another dumb rule was 10 months of soccer for 12- & 13-year-olds. Fifi would not be allowed to play in the GDA and that would be horrible. The 25% rule was to make mommy and daddy happy to see their baby girl start in the Girls Development Academy, where this was the only pathway to YNT and WNT and parents would share there dd will be the next Mia. We can agree to disagree. I'm just for pure competition and sick of this pay for play model in our country and parents paying loads of cash for their kid to be elite. True elite players should never have to pay, MOO
The lying Docs told me they were going to allow High School Soccer after the second season of GDA but that never happened. The only kids that got to do both GDA and HS Soccer were the rich mommy and daddy kids that went to private school because little Susie soccer wanted to do both and when she complains and cries to her daddy, she gets what she wants. Come on man, I witnessed this crap and experienced it. Rumor was after the third year they were going to be nice and allow the poor public-school kids to also play HS Soccer but Covid 19 hit our shores and the liars quit on everyone so we will never know for sure. The rule for the 25% was abused by coaches to make mommy and daddy happy and get them to pay, pay , pay extra for development privates and donate to the cause. I know one family that bought so many golf balls their kid started the next game.
Those lying DOCs/coaches still exist today in ECNL/GA/any letter league. It's not about the league. Bad coaches exist in every league and will use whatever power they have to manipulate situations to their advantage.
