It's not my article. Just the first one I found about a program I know they've been doing both before and after the CBA, which was signed in March 2015. Most of these guys are GII guys anyway who aren't subject to the CBA, but MLS allows educational payment (as its deal with SNHU demonstrates). None of these players play college. They're just getting salary + college while playing pro.
I stand corrected about the policy. Thank you. However, I didn't say the article was yours just that it was misleading in implying that scholarships were available when only a small number of soccer players are ever likely to get more than a half scholarship and many may not get that for all 4 years. As an add-on note if a player is injured and forced to "retire" from the sport, NCAA leave it up to the AD whether to give that player an academic scholarship. I still like the idea of a guaranteed 4 year scholarship over an annual stipend. For example, in the case you sited about Ryo Fugii, if he returned to the states would the Galaxy still pay for his education? I know that in the past, MLB players wrote scholarship agreements into the contracts of the high school players they drafted. The current version is shown in the link: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/scholarship.jsp?content=guide_post_20170105 I think its interesting because the number of players that go through the minors in baseball has to be more than go through soccer academies. While its an apples to oranges comparison over 320 players were drafted in the 2018 MLB draft alone.
Since the Galaxy finished bottom of the combined table for the first time in club history last season I’d say ”job done”.
Honestly, the way Jona has been playing in recent weeks, I'd be all for keeping him as long as he doesn't become disgruntled at his brother leaving.
Imo Jona has been great and continues to improve. I think that is why WarGalaxy was saying he hoped the past pattern held - Gio leaves and a few years later Jona follows. Maybe 5 or 6 years later...
Gio made history all on his own as the worst DP signing in Galaxy history. So he can move on to his next club. Jona is welcome to stay a bit longer.
Gerrard was highest suck x 1.4 seasons JPA was very high suck x .6 seasons Gio is high suck x 3 seasons (2016 he didn't suck) So mathematically, Gio wins in pure volume of suckiness.
just adding some light for you guys about the Dos Antros bros, the current club America presidency is mad as hell with Jonathan, they already had a verbal agreement for him to join last year but he just used them to get more money out of the Galaxy and thus don't want to have anything to do with the bros right now, That's why Jona is talking about the future, eventually America could change their stance if the correct people leave their staff.
You make an interesting argument. I wonder how they measure up in terms of suckiness-per-90-mins. FYP.
That should be a tag line when the movie comes out! "From the man who taught us just how much Giovani Dos Santos sucks..." Perhaps a documentary to follow up? Fahrenheit Klein-11.
Sorry guys, while Gio may have the highest SP90 ranking for DPs, he doesn't come close either to the all time Galaxy leaders: Carlos Cuddicino and Eduardo Dominguez. I should note that Babayaro does not qualify as he didn't total more than 45 minutes in his career.
This. However we might not get chance to see him play for the Galaxy for 5-6 years because his contract runs out at the end of '19 season. Despite what @Lukato says, Jona is on an inexpensive DP contract, so unless we're whiling to give him a bump in pay, I could see him following his brother to their next club. But the Jona/Lletget pairing has been a revelation in the last few matches. I'd like to see that built upon next season, at the least.
Sorry I misread your post. You were talking all players. My bad. And in regards to all players, I think Alvaro Pires might have the highest SP90 in league history. But we would have to crunch the numbers to see if he can pull off the win over Cudicini and Dominguez. Berks, we need you!
This is true but he was never going to leave Liverpool while he was having a significant impact. I know we paid him a lot and I doubt his time here will truly effect his legacy but speaking as a fan of their rivals, it was a little sad to see his career end with such a whimper. As a Liverpool lifer, his career would have been virtually bulletproof... aside from the odd slip.
Hypothetically, if Gio was a max contract/low level TAM player, would you want to see him back next year? The issue we I guess we don't remember Gerard the same way. He was a bigger waste of money than Gio. Signing Gerard is a big reason we're in the whole we are now. The Gio signing failed, but I think it was a risk worth taking. Signing Gerard wasnt ever going to pay off. I gave him the benefit of doubt when we signed him, but it panned out worse than I thought it would since we lost Omar, Sarvas, and Juninho in the process.
I agree with your general point but it reads like you don't think Gerrard gave a damn? I think he did. It's just that his characteristic "be everywhere, do everything" approach wasn't workable with his aging legs and perhaps the physically-taxing environment of MLS. FTR, I'd been saying for about 15 years that Gerrard's free role and work-rate at Liverpool, both hid and mitigated (perhaps even contributed to) a lack of positional IQ. This is why IMO he and Lampard (who had a similar situation with Chelsea), could never properly gel for England.
Nothing sums up Gerrard better, IMO, than the England USA match in SA 2010. Gerrard scores the opening goal, then gets turned by Clint Dempsey which leads to the tying US goal. It's like how Michael Bradley is often involved in both the best and worst moments for the US team by sheer fact that he tries to be everywhere.