Originally posted by Unregistered
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Regarding this topic, I spoke to a few DI coaches recently about it and what they thought at a camp we were working at together. None (out of 3) believe it is a good thing right now. No games, no precedent, no support locally, just one club (so far) that is pushing it. Surprisingly they also felt that the mere social part of high school soccer was something that was important in terms of their overall development and identity - not as a soccer player, but as a young person. One brought up this point - imagine you are a soccer player at a high school, you have played for your first two years and as a junior sit out because your club encouraged it. So now on game day when everyone else in school is buzzing about the big game coming up, wearing their uniform to school, maybe even getting to the state finals...you are watching and thinking "well at least I get to PRACTICE for a team I PAY to play on today"?
And I am not a Stars basher, we recruit their players and appreciate the relationship with them as a club. But this move is not one that seems in the best interest of players, it seems to be in the best interest of club coffers.
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