NYCFC Academy - General Discussion

I'd love it if the cost of my law school education was tied to my salary. I don't think the school would be very happy with me though, lol.
Would be nice. I finally paid off my grad school loans last year.
 
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Stanford kind of does this in reverse with their MBA program, they cover a portion of student loan payments for graduates working in nonprofit/public service jobs.
 
I would think that Pay/Play kills any chance of a youth org getting a piece of the pie. That would be double dipping - it's not like my universities get a piece of my salary, because I paid them to enrich my skill set and knowledge base.

An all-included Academy should get some form of compensation, but those terms should be spelled out in the Academy contract that's signed prior to a player starting there.
I can see both sides. If a club was in it to turn a profit than yes that would be an issue. However, if the club is going to reinvest the training fees in the club and decrease the cost of participation for all members than I wouldn't have an issue with it.
 
Hey NYCFC_Dan NYCFC_Dan I want to get a group of supporters out to an academy game on April 22nd.

11am kickoff.

What's the best way to promote that?
 
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I wish we had stats on Gio. Based on the highlights we see of him it seems like he scores 75% of the academy team's goals. Depending on how many games they play, it wouldn't surprise me if he was scoring 50 goals a season.
 
I wish we had stats on Gio. Based on the highlights we see of him it seems like he scores 75% of the academy team's goals. Depending on how many games they play, it wouldn't surprise me if he was scoring 50 goals a season.
If you go to the Twitter account where most of these videos are linked from you can see more highlights. I usually post all of the videos that they share. He doesn't score all the goals. Most just focus on his name.
 
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I haven't been paying much attention to this. Just realized we have a U16 team playing at the top level of the top U17 tourney in the USA. That's awesome.
 
I will admit that I don't know much about this tournament, but it appears we are not playing at the top level of the U17 tourney since we are in the Premier division and not the Championship?

But also, maybe I am missing something, but the qualifying rules listed seem to not add up. It states the following:

"Teams are divided into three regions and participate in two qualifying events per region. The top two teams in each region after both qualifying events will participate against other international sides for the Championship Division title, while the remaining teams will play for the consolation Premier Division title."

I read that and shouldn't it mean that there would be 6 MLS teams in the Championship division? I am counting 8. And in case it means only US teams, there are 7 US MLS teams in that division (Toronto as the lone Canadian MLS team).