Care to elaborate?You know why
Care to elaborate?You know why
What happens when they don’t play her? They get taken to court too?Thorns' Moultrie, 15, youngest to sign NWSL deal
Olivia Moultrie, 15, has signed a three-year deal with the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League, the club announced on Wednesday.www.espn.com
What happens when they don’t play her? They get taken to court too?
She did it!! I just looked at ESPN for the first time in over a month and she is front page news. Trinity R got the game winner the other night. Luis dd next? Blues developed both of these girls when the were young players and deserve some compensation as well. Sharing can go a long way. My dd had the honor to battle both every week for two years. Pro is right around the corner now for any female who puts in the hard work. She did it at 15. Congrats 100%
that’s the spirit."Don't worry hun, we will litigate you to greatness"
Sooo, curious if anyone watched the debut and if it was as exciting as everyone hoped for?
Not everyone thinks like you and your dd. Let me help you out bro. First off, freedom of choice is the key here. Freedom to choose full time soccer and get paid under 18 years old for a female or full time soccer + full time school and no pay=full time soccer in college and full time study for 99.9% of the rest of the girls. My dd is all in for four years of college and is now looking to set up two more official visits. Personally, it would be my dream if she skipped college all together and got paid to play soccer. However, it's her life, not mine My dd and I have personal experience with OM when she was becoming the best 2023 in the country ((according to some scouts. I think AT is the best 2023 and 100% could handle pro right now)) at the Blues for two years back in the day. She LOVES to play soccer and train 24/7. I'm serious. She is a trailblazer for all female soccer players under 18 that want to go pro and get some dough. I have a friend who has a dd who is 13 and home schooled and all she does is soccer soccer and more soccer. She is so good they are thinking of moving to Spain to train. Lot's of choices for anyone with a dream. Happy 4th of July Soccer43.I wish her whatever success she can achieve. What I don’t like is the hype about it all and the idea that she is a trail blazer for all young female soccer players. That is not the dream for my daughter. I want my daughter to go to college and play professionally after college. I don’t see being a professional soccer player at 15 as some big dream. Why do I want my teenager skipping high school and not having relationships with her peers? Why would I want my teenage daughter spending all her time with adult women that have adult lives that my teenager is not living? Why would I want my player to be striving to make the small salary that most professional female soccer players make? This argument would be 100% different for me if the salary potential was like men’s professional sports? all great things require risk but to have the risk of being a 19 or 20 year old with no college degree and a soccer career that didn’t pan out as expected doesn’t appeal to me. I am most proud of my player choosing college and having that be part of her dream and her future, not chasing a professional contract at this age. Stop making it like this is the holy grail. This is a dream for her and her family but it is not the dream for everyone.
Being good is a given, in this situation good/talent didn’t really matter did it. What really mattered was money, power and resolve. Her parents have the means to do things most won’t and honestly can’t. Right now there are 10-15 players in the 05-03 age range who could be training and maybe earn a roster spot with a NWSL team. All can’t because in reality they don’t have the power to do so. Wasserman is not going to be their agent, Nike is not behind them, and most parents are not hiring a legal team. Getting an good agent, lawyer, accountant, PR, and team around you costs money. Moving to Spain costs money. FIFA is going to stop you there also. Even with a EU passport. Training yes maybe, no way you ever play a real game. No club right now risks it. Even if the kid is good. Clubs already have good and most don’t need to import it from America. In the end my point is, good for this girl for getting in the game and doing her thing. But I don’t think this moves the needle at all for other players this season or next, just her. This fight was her fight alone and is less about trail blazing for others and more for her to be first. The next player who try’s is also in for fight as well.Not everyone thinks like you and your dd. Let me help you out bro. First off, freedom of choice is the key here. Freedom to choose full time soccer and get paid under 18 years old for a female or full time soccer + full time school and no pay=full time soccer in college and full time study for 99.9% of the rest of the girls. My dd is all in for four years of college and is now looking to set up two more official visits. Personally, it would be my dream if she skipped college all together and got paid to play soccer. However, it's her life, not mine My dd and I have personal experience with OM when she was becoming the best 2023 in the country ((according to some scouts. I think AT is the best 2023 and 100% could handle pro right now)) at the Blues for two years back in the day. She LOVES to play soccer and train 24/7. I'm serious. She is a trailblazer for all female soccer players under 18 that want to go pro and get some dough. I have a friend who has a dd who is 13 and home schooled and all she does is soccer soccer and more soccer. She is so good they are thinking of moving to Spain to train. Lot's of choices for anyone with a dream. Happy 4th of July Soccer43.
The court order applies to the NWSL as a whole. They aren't allowed to enforce the age limit against anyone.Being good is a given, in this situation good/talent didn’t really matter did it. What really mattered was money, power and resolve. Her parents have the means to do things most won’t and honestly can’t. Right now there are 10-15 players in the 05-03 age range who could be training and maybe earn a roster spot with a NWSL team. All can’t because in reality they don’t have the power to do so. Wasserman is not going to be their agent, Nike is not behind them, and most parents are not hiring a legal team. Getting an good agent, lawyer, accountant, PR, and team around you costs money. Moving to Spain costs money. FIFA is going to stop you there also. Even with a EU passport. Training yes maybe, no way you ever play a real game. No club right now risks it. Even if the kid is good. Clubs already have good and most don’t need to import it from America. In the end my point is, good for this girl for getting in the game and doing her thing. But I don’t think this moves the needle at all for other players this season or next, just her. This fight was her fight alone and is less about trail blazing for others and more for her to be first. The next player who try’s is also in for fight as well.
That is exactly my point. Families and players can choose whatever path they want - I am all about choice. If a 15 year dreams about playing pro at that age and they have the ability to make it happen I am all for that.The court order applies to the NWSL as a whole. They aren't allowed to enforce the age limit against anyone.
But it is moot. Most parents see more value in a Stanford scholarship or Harvard admission than in an NWSL contract.
And they are right. A female soccer player can't make real money without cracking the long term WNT roster. And, even if you are a top 10 player, your odds of doing that are less than 10%.
I recently learned about ronaldinho’s shoe story. Very sad but very inspirational.It's people like Ronaldo and Mal Pugh who are truly examples of kids that beat the odds.
While I agree, Olivia's case did open the door for other young women.Simple questions-
If Olivia was born into a middle class family with two working parents, would she be in the same situation?
If any top player from a major club was born into the Moultrie Household, would they have the same outcome?
How many households can afford to build their own turf field in their backyard, a full-time personal trainer and full-time at home schooling?
Do Christian Pulisic and Claudio Reyna share similar/same but different privileges'?
If any Billionaire gave their 15 year old kid $10m dollars to start a business after going to the best private school and the business was successful, would you be impressed?
Answer these questions on your own and perhaps you will fully understand how hard this is to achieve. It's the players that push through the lack of privileges' and succeed at the highest level that should be celebrated and not kids like Olivia, Christian, and Claudio. It's people like Ronaldo and Mal Pugh who are truly examples of kids that beat the odds.