Academy Rules Loosened

[monster]

MLS loosens Academy rules (http://blogs.nypost.com/sports/soccer/archives/2009/05/mls_loosens_aca.html)

H/T to Haig (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showpost.php?p=17675675&postcount=1)

Now teams can sign TWO academy players to a Generation Adidas deal instead of just one; and they can ink four academy players per year. And other clubs can no longer raid their prospects,

My only question is when could teams raid other academies?

[Haig]

IIRC if the limit of two professional contracts for academy player had been reached in a given year, then rights to other players in the graduating academy class were given up, and those players could be poached by other teams immediately.

[monster]

IIRC if the limit of two professional contracts for academy player had been reached in a given year, then rights to other players in the graduating academy class were given up, and those players could be poached by other teams immediately.
Thanks. I wondered if that was it, but didn't remember that specifically.

Kudos to MLS. But I thought I read on the Internet that they didn't care about youth development and were just stifling teams' efforts. :p