A buddy of mine has a young son accepted to FCB youth academy in SD - anyone know anything about it? It's not cheap.
There was a discussion a while back about a similar program in Charlotte: https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/fc-barcelona-to-open-academy-in-charlotte.2031111/ I assume your friend is looking at the "escola" program, in which case all the caveats mentioned in the thread would apply and the advice given here probably still holds up. Maybe some other posters live in NC and can share some first hand experience.