College Soccer is pointless

[ZooCougar]

Maybe giving all your scholarships to second rate foreign kids isn’t in anyone’s best interest?

 

[Samoo]

Sounds off. I googled around a bit and the couple of lists I could find showed that the top-ranked players that chose to go to college were recruited and committed. Most were also connected to a club team. The very best of course choose to skip college.

 

[How Sway?!]

Maybe giving all your scholarships to second rate foreign kids isn’t in anyone’s best interest?

Whats the new roster limitations for scholarships? Feel like theres a niche for state directionals and/or smaller schools to go all in on certain Olympic sports considering large schools will likely not be willing to offer more money than they currently do in order to fund revenue share

 

[Waquoit]

 

[ZooCougar]

Whats the new roster limitations for scholarships? Feel like theres a niche for state directionals and/or smaller schools to go all in on certain Olympic sports considering large schools will likely not be willing to offer more money than they currently do in order to fund revenue share

It’s not the limitations. The direction these college coaches have gone in is to bring in talent from overseas.

It’s already a niche/fringe college sport. It has weird rules compared to real soccer. The season is too short for it to be a serious developmental platform so it’s very much divorced from linkage to the pro game. For an American to get in you need to be an outcast from an MLS Academy.

So it just results in less opportunities for Americans to play.

They need to reform the whole thing. Extend the season and get rid of the rinky dink high school gym teacher rules.

 

[gioff2323]

And they will be offering less scholarships for sports not named football or basketball going forward.

 

[Chin Diesel]

It’s not the limitations. The direction these college coaches have gone in is to bring in talent from overseas.

It’s already a niche/fringe college sport. It has weird rules compared to real soccer. The season is too short for it to be a serious developmental platform so it’s very much divorced from linkage to the pro game. For an American to get in you need to be an outcast from an MLS Academy.

So it just results in less opportunities for Americans to play.

They need to reform the whole thing. Extend the season and get rid of the rinky dink high school gym teacher rules.

More likely it's reduced to a club sport.

 

[Waquoit]

Because a sport doesn't provide a straight line to the pros doesn't mean it shouldn't exist in college.

 

[Glastonhusky]

It’s not the limitations. The direction these college coaches have gone in is to bring in talent from overseas.

It’s already a niche/fringe college sport. It has weird rules compared to real soccer. The season is too short for it to be a serious developmental platform so it’s very much divorced from linkage to the pro game. For an American to get in you need to be an outcast from an MLS Academy.

So it just results in less opportunities for Americans to play.

They need to reform the whole thing. Extend the season and get rid of the rinky dink high school gym teacher rules.

Need to extend the season for sure. Don't see why they couldn't start in early August.

 

[ZooCougar]

Need to extend the season for sure. Don't see why they couldn't start in early August.

Needs to be a 8/9 month season.