https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/46615055/us-soccer-stretch-men-ncaa-season-full-academic-year
I had not considered this an option. I’m not sure if it’s good from a fan perspective. I think there would be some fan fatigue. Perhaps it would be good for the players but most will never play professionally. That’s asking a lot of the student athletes.
Anyone have an opinion? It would be interesting to see if anyone from the program would comment to get their perspective.
@evanalvarez8 Do you have an opinion on this?
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/46615055/us-soccer-stretch-men-ncaa-season-full-academic-year
I had not considered this an option. I’m not sure if it’s good from a fan perspective. I think there would be some fan fatigue. Perhaps it would be good for the players but most will never play professionally. That’s asking a lot of the student athletes.
Anyone have an opinion? It would be interesting to see if anyone from the program would comment to get their perspective.
@evanalvarez8 Do you have an opinion on this?
Pretty sure Todd has been a pretty vocal advocate of it. At least the extended season part.
@evanalvarez8 well when you consider how college athletics are longer amateur sports this seem to fit a model that could include soccer players to earn money though I don’t think other sports have allowed athletes to become professional athletes even at a semi pro level. So who knows what’s really going on.
@eppy99 Basketball has some precedent there - several european players played professionally and then came to college. Even a couple G League Ignite players are now signing with college teams. It's very nuanced, but the cases are growing. Soccer could represent a huge influx - potentially
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without reading it the longstanding complaint has been that college is terrible preparation. years that should see the greatest growth players are barely playing. sixteen games a season that only lasts a couple of months. then six meaningless games in the spring. for four VERY important years us players are barely playing. i have multiple friends' kids who have skipped college and are playing in mls. both mls and mls 2. think of the difference. a ten month season. almost constant training. as it stands you hardly play/practice as a d1 soccer player over the course of the year.https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/46615055/us-soccer-stretch-men-ncaa-season-full-academic-year
I had not considered this an option. I’m not sure if it’s good from a fan perspective. I think there would be some fan fatigue. Perhaps it would be good for the players but most will never play professionally. That’s asking a lot of the student athletes.
Anyone have an opinion? It would be interesting to see if anyone from the program would comment to get their perspective.
@evanalvarez8 Do you have an opinion on this?
@evanalvarez8 foreigners are another huge problem. You don’t see it at iu but you do at programs all over the country. They crap out in overseas academies then say might as well come here and get a free education and keep playing. But what do we get out of it? How are they helping US soccer. If they get a student visa and have to leave they really aren’t. They’re just taking opportunities away from American kids. Younger American kids. If they get to stay than an argument can be made that they are helping us soccer.
as it stands college is kind of a mess
@mcm666 great points all around. Could programs put a limit to how many foreign players can be on a roster or is that opening up a lawsuit of some sort? I suppose that would then affect all college sports.
@mcm666 great points all around. Could programs put a limit to how many foreign players can be on a roster or is that opening up a lawsuit of some sort? I suppose that would then affect all college sports.
Probably some questions around how you define foreign. I'm old enough to remember our 3 great Ukrainian players largely responsible for a couple of championships; Dema, Aleksey and Yuri. They went to HS in Rochester, NY, but were obviously foreign born.
@gros-louis Man, those were the good days. How many chips did we win with them?
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