Say bye-bye-bye to Girls and Boys DA

Soccerfan2 said:
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I have heard no denials anywhere about the “rumors” - only silence if anything on it not being true. When you have this many rumors swirling around from several different sources and no categorical denial then I have found it usually to be true.
 
Ellejustus said:
Let's not forget about parents who were promised their Sally would become "world-Class." I got out early but I have friends who have played three years and Sally is still the same player. Dad spent $30,000+.........for what?
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Yep, we got out early as well as soon as we found it to be a bad situation
 
dreamz said:
The settlement is going to be big and cost US Soccer most of its reserves on top of needing to cut a hefty amount out of their budget. What a better way to do this than cut an unsuccessful program
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Except that US Soccer is not likely self-insured. Depending on the policy, insurance could cover much of any settlement. Cone has said she wants to settle and move on. The lawsuit is about unequal pay for the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are only women on the USWNT. Nothing re the lawsuit has anything to do with the youth teams etc. There are lawyers on this forum. They have made some valid arguments in favor of the federation's case. Public opinion may be with the women but don't be so sure that their legal footing is as firm as their pop culture appeal.

I just can't get past the following: why on earth would Kate Markgraf---recently hired by the federation and well respected by most--be announcing new DA club additions in middle March (after Cordeiro already resigned in February and Cone installed) if they know they are trashing the entire thing only 3 weeks later? Either the rumor is complete BS or Kate Markgraf is just a talking head without any meaningful purpose and this makes her look foolish or conniving. For now, I think the former (BS).

One of the tweets early on this thread said an announcement was forthcoming today. Obviously, that is wrong.
 
oh canada said:
Except that US Soccer is not likely self-insured. Depending on the policy, insurance could cover much of any settlement. Cone has said she wants to settle and move on. The lawsuit is about unequal pay for the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are only women on the USWNT. Nothing re the lawsuit has anything to do with the youth teams etc. There are lawyers on this forum. They have made some valid arguments in favor of the federation's case. Public opinion may be with the women but don't be so sure that their legal footing is as firm as their pop culture appeal.

I just can't get past the following: why on earth would Kate Markgraf---recently hired by the federation and well respected by most--be announcing new DA club additions in middle March (after Cordeiro already resigned in February and Cone installed) if they know they are trashing the entire thing only 3 weeks later? Either the rumor is complete BS or Kate Markgraf is just a talking head without any meaningful purpose and this makes her look foolish or conniving. For now, I think the former (BS).

One of the tweets early on this thread said an announcement was forthcoming today. Obviously, that is wrong.
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I think it will be announced this week some time but it wasn’t going to be today. Honestly I don’t think the decision had been made when Kate announced the new clubs (and not great clubs mind you) but by the same token, I do believe she’s just a talking head with no real purpose other than another woman in a prominent position with no decision making ability. I think there are others that would have been a better choice than Kate (nothing against her) but I don’t think they would have gone along with being a name with no authority. Maybe she didn’t know what her real non-role would be and maybe she thought she could make a difference but she’ll learn quickly. US Soccer’s revolving door moves faster than the revolving door at my frat house back in the day.
 
oh canada said:
Except that US Soccer is not likely self-insured. Depending on the policy, insurance could cover much of any settlement. Cone has said she wants to settle and move on. The lawsuit is about unequal pay for the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are only women on the USWNT. Nothing re the lawsuit has anything to do with the youth teams etc. There are lawyers on this forum. They have made some valid arguments in favor of the federation's case. Public opinion may be with the women but don't be so sure that their legal footing is as firm as their pop culture appeal.

I just can't get past the following: why on earth would Kate Markgraf---recently hired by the federation and well respected by most--be announcing new DA club additions in middle March (after Cordeiro already resigned in February and Cone installed) if they know they are trashing the entire thing only 3 weeks later? Either the rumor is complete BS or Kate Markgraf is just a talking head without any meaningful purpose and this makes her look foolish or conniving. For now, I think the former (BS).

One of the tweets early on this thread said an announcement was forthcoming today. Obviously, that is wrong.
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You're completely forgetting that three weeks ago nobody had any idea that soccer was going to get shut down world wide for months on end......possibly the most important three-week swing in recent history
 
oh canada said:
Except that US Soccer is not likely self-insured. Depending on the policy, insurance could cover much of any settlement. Cone has said she wants to settle and move on. The lawsuit is about unequal pay for the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are only women on the USWNT. Nothing re the lawsuit has anything to do with the youth teams etc. There are lawyers on this forum. They have made some valid arguments in favor of the federation's case. Public opinion may be with the women but don't be so sure that their legal footing is as firm as their pop culture appeal.

I just can't get past the following: why on earth would Kate Markgraf---recently hired by the federation and well respected by most--be announcing new DA club additions in middle March (after Cordeiro already resigned in February and Cone installed) if they know they are trashing the entire thing only 3 weeks later? Either the rumor is complete BS or Kate Markgraf is just a talking head without any meaningful purpose and this makes her look foolish or conniving. For now, I think the former (BS).

One of the tweets early on this thread said an announcement was forthcoming today. Obviously, that is wrong.
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I think the new CEO Wilson is at the root of this to a degree. He probably did all financial number upon being hired and said, 9 million for what? We are likely going to have to pay the WNT how much more? umm, yeah no DA and give us that 9 million every year. Ok, done.
 
soccer4us said:
I think the new CEO Wilson is at the root of this to a degree. He probably did all financial number upon being hired and said, 9 million for what? We are likely going to have to pay the WNT how much more? umm, yeah no DA and give us that 9 million every year. Ok, done.
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Plus the COVID situation and not making much money this spring. That combined with 9m a year and lawsuits made this a easier decision I bet....assuming all true of course :)
 
I thought it was odd that ECNL hadn’t announced any new defections since Real Colorado & Texans on 3/11 and NC Courage & United on 3/23, because there are more.

Wondering if whatever new clubs are admitted after the DA folds will all be announced as a group?
 
Everyone is talking about how expensive the girls DA was but am curious how much it cost the federation to send all the youth teams all over the world this past year to play foreign teams - between the concacaf and friendlies I bet there were about 10 events this past year (U15, U16, U17, U19, and U20 all traveled extensively)
 
Surf Zombie said:
I thought it was odd that ECNL hadn’t announced any new defections since Real Colorado & Texans on 3/11 and NC Courage & United on 3/23, because there are more.

Wondering if whatever new clubs are admitted after the DA folds will all be announced as a group?
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Which clubs are you referring to?
 
Ann
oh canada said:
Except that US Soccer is not likely self-insured. Depending on the policy, insurance could cover much of any settlement. Cone has said she wants to settle and move on. The lawsuit is about unequal pay for the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are only women on the USWNT. Nothing re the lawsuit has anything to do with the youth teams etc. There are lawyers on this forum. They have made some valid arguments in favor of the federation's case. Public opinion may be with the women but don't be so sure that their legal footing is as firm as their pop culture appeal.

I just can't get past the following: why on earth would Kate Markgraf---recently hired by the federation and well respected by most--be announcing new DA club additions in middle March (after Cordeiro already resigned in February and Cone installed) if they know they are trashing the entire thing only 3 weeks later? Either the rumor is complete BS or Kate Markgraf is just a talking head without any meaningful purpose and this makes her look foolish or conniving. For now, I think the former (BS).

One of the tweets early on this thread said an announcement was forthcoming today. Obviously, that is wrong.
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Formal announcement should come next Wednesday, 4/15.
 
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