Financially MLS teams have zero incentive to run good academies.
They can acquire young players without having to pay compensation to the developing club, they have a draft, American MLS players are severely contractually restricted, and there is no punishment for being bad.
They can acquire young players without having to pay compensation to the developing club, they have a draft, American MLS players are severely contractually restricted, and there is no punishment for being bad.
Developing good young players in house is a positive in top leagues where salaries are high because the players are less expensive.
MLS teams pay American players low salaries and they do not have transfer fees attached to them...
MLS teams pay American players low salaries and they do not have transfer fees attached to them...
Why spend big money developing players when comparable players with the same salary costs are available with zero transfer free on the player marketplace?
If you arent super confident that you can make money selling pre-Academy slots to parents to turn a profit on the system...
If you arent super confident that you can make money selling pre-Academy slots to parents to turn a profit on the system...
What is the incentive to run an academy?
I know people are going to say... but the player transfer market!!!!
There isn't a domestic player transfer market in the United States. Period.
The place where most player transfers happen... it does not exist. TC and SP... nope.
I know people are going to say... but the player transfer market!!!!
There isn't a domestic player transfer market in the United States. Period.
The place where most player transfers happen... it does not exist. TC and SP... nope.
If the entire business model of MLS academies is built upon selling a player every year to Europe for a high fee...
That's not a sustainable business model.
The way we do soccer in the US does not lend itself to player development being important or financially incentivized.
That's not a sustainable business model.
The way we do soccer in the US does not lend itself to player development being important or financially incentivized.
The way we do soccer is..
1. To restrict player salaries
2. To push development costs on to a for profit youth model that is 100% risk free and a profit engine for teams
3. Owner profit centric
The system is working exactly as it is designed to work
#ReformUSSF
#ProRelForUSA
1. To restrict player salaries
2. To push development costs on to a for profit youth model that is 100% risk free and a profit engine for teams
3. Owner profit centric
The system is working exactly as it is designed to work
#ReformUSSF
#ProRelForUSA
