That link is very timely. Any time I am selling or training people on personal umbrella liability I use an example of "if you were to lose...
I think it is very intentionally misleading and this type of thing has led to a lot of confusion for kids. While I have always thought Toe Poke's...
I have been following this one pretty closely and the parallels to soccer are pretty good. There were 2 violations that occurred quite close to...
I agree in the real world a $100k commitment comes with strings attached, the problem is the NCAA does not really operate in the real world. I...
I would be surprised if IU did that if a NLI had been signed. I have no knowledge of the situation so am just guessing that if it did happen...
Once the NLI is signed a college coach can not pull the offer for the upcoming year. The NLI specifies the scholarship amount for the upcoming...
I think I have told this story before but when my youngest was in a rec program the league standings gave each team up to 3 points in the standing...
We are a few years removed so my experience may be a bit dated but I think I may have an answer to the "why". When my son was playing his club...
mwulf and I agree often and this is last post is another I agree with. Soccer has to find a way to coordinate with all of the systems (HC, NCAA,...
I think one thing that is getting missed is that in most sports, at the youth level, things are localized/regionalized. To look at a few sports I...
I think I could come up with quite a number of sports, other than soccer, that an excellent athlete can not just pick up and dominate. Granted...
SCV- I don't disagree with anything you have said, I was simply giving a possible reason behind some of the why it happens. People feel it is...
I think at the core this comes back to why soccer is considered "different" in the U.S. rightly or wrongly. In most other spectator sports in the...
The funny thing is usually when I post about coaching diving I put in a qualifier like "in the pool, not the pitch" but forgot this time.
IHSA is just unreal in how they look at things. I coach diving and like soccer the entire world follows one set of rules and NFHS follows...
D1 can give out 9.9 scholarships and D2 can give out 9 per team (mens). considering 11 are on the field at once and most teams carry up to 30 or...
mwulf - I think part of the difference is that in football you can be on a high school team that is terrible but still get recognized for your...
Building on what Terrier said, I coach high school diving (springboard not soccer:)) and I see a lot of kids new to the sport every year. Most...
To the point about not needing a soccer parent to teach soccer skills. During my son's U11 year my wife (not a soccer expert by any stretch)...
I would argue that it is all situational. No one affiliated with Toledo Football (or really anyone involved in football) would say their league...
To wulf's point; does anyone criticize Toledo for celebrating winning the MAC football championship because the SEC was better and they are in a...
I would agree with those that think these teams will continue to just move up in age group and he will be perpetually playing a year up. My fear...
Terrier - I couldn't agree more. I have always asked why is soccer different than about any other sport in this respect. Swimming, gymnastics,...
I think the comparison to gymnastics is a good one, not necessarily because it is relevant every 4 years but because of the specialization that is...
I think part of the problem is as much as everyone says "soccer is different" the top levels want soccer to be just like all of the other sports...