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Message: [QUOTE="ZooCougar, post: 1745548, member: 296"] Kids in Europe and elsewhere get selected from unstructured environments to move into more structured setups. So by the time they move up they have much more solid immersive foundation. Their Academies actually develop talent. There was a really good discussion on SiriusXM the other day. Our clubs and Academies do more recruiting than development. You see lots of kids jumping from club to club. Academies elsewhere are much more comprehensive and select at a much younger age. Look at Fulham, Southampton, La Masia and Ajax academies. There are loads of articles on those academies. Is there a cultural impediment? For sure. But even without it, we still have massive amounts of talent being overlooked. And I'm not talking about the inner cities. You guys need to get out of the northeast .... Lol. [/QUOTE]