Stop making me agree with you.Marinovich syndrome.
Marinovich syndrome.
So where does she play for next few years?
it seems like they cant wait for greatness to happen. She is better than every kid her age and a year or two older but going against grown women who depend on soccer for their living things might get real.(if that is how this works) I hope she has a Tiger Woods type career and not a Freddy AduWhat is wrong with her parents?
it seems like they cant wait for greatness to happen. She is better than every kid her age and a year or two older but going against grown women who depend on soccer for their living things might get real.(if that is how this works) I hope she has a Tiger Woods type career and not a Freddy Adu
Playing on that team at age of 13. If you can play 3 years up on a DA team and still be good you are light years ahead of the competition. Looking at the stats she had a 3 goal game, and a number of 1 goal games. Plus people want to pay her 200K per year now. Figure she pockets at least a half a million worst case scenario. Best case she makes a million before she is 18.I'm sure she is spectacular for her age, but I've never seen her really stand out in DA games at u16/u17. Maybe a half dozen players on her own team look as good or better. The comparison is a little unfair because she is so young, but I think that shows why this is so vastly premature.
I think these arrangements with Nike create a lot of conflicts of interest with US Soccer. Nike dumps a lot of money into women's soccer, which is great. But Nike's marketing team shouldn't dictate national team players, which this type of thing tacitly does.
That was my first reaction as well. Then again, if she continue her education, and a few years from now is able to get accepted to her college of choice by her own academic merit, why not? It seems she will make more than enough from this Nike deal to pay for any undergraduate and even graduate school if she chooses to.What is wrong with her parents?
I'm guessing the parents put a pretty low value on their kid getting to have a life as a kid. I think they've made good moves all the way up until this point. But trying to go pro this early is premature.Plus people want to pay her 200K per year now. Figure she pockets at least a half a million worst case scenario. Best case she makes a million before she is 18.