RandomSoccerFan
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For a truly reasonable assessment to be made about the 75% to 25% statistic, we have to know what the actual player-pool size is for ECNL and GA.
Just as an example, since we know ECNL is a larger league, if the total number of players from GA + ECNL is 10,000, with 7,500 ECNL and 2,500 GA,
and 750 ECNL girls are signed and 250 GA girls are signed, then it's an even proportional split.
If, however, in that 10,000 player pool, 9,000 are ECNL and 1000 are GA, and you have 750 ECNL to 250 GA, the argument is that more GA girls are recruited (per capita.)
No, to be truly reasonable, once you were shown the numbers someone bringing up this theoretical point would go "huh, I guess that's the case" or "huh, I guess that's not the case". But GA supporters continue to throw something at the wall and hope either other people can't do math, or have memories of goldfish.
Here's what was posted last time.
And this is something that can be calculated rather than assumed. GA shows 14000 players, 94 clubs here. Can't find a clean total # of ECNL Girls players, but it shows 120 clubs with ECNL Girls here. If there is a population number available - please let me know so I can update.
Playing in a specific league isn't a golden ticket - but ECNL apparently manages to send many more girls than GA to D1, accounting for the different populations. ECNL-girls shows as only 27% more clubs, but well over twice the D1 recruits. Seeing as ECNL dominates the top 10, the top 50, and the top 100, this aligns with the thinking that the better team you're on, the more visibility you will have, and the better the chances for recruitment. Does that mean nobody else has a chance? Of course not - not by a long shot. But assuming there are equal chances available across the board doesn't match the easily available info.
What the numbers can't show as easily, is for when the specific choices for a player are between a weaker team in a strong bracket, or a stronger team in a weak bracket - which would provide more exposure for a particular player. And another hard to answer conundrum is whether it's better to be a standout starter on a weaker team, or a more marginal player on the best team available.