I agree but my kid hasn’t seen anything yet. My kid has seen lots of marketing. My kid keeps hearing folks say how good she is. I remember OM saying “I will show you better than I can tell you” a couple of years ago.
I understand MacDre I have a kid who is talented as well. But I am also not worried about any of this until I see women's soccer take off with more income generation. Sometimes “first will be last and the last will be first” when its all said and done.
Plenty of video on her. At 12 she was playing U17. At 13 she was playing U18. I don't get the negative vibe. She's an excellent player, beyond excellent really. She wasn't a fringe player, she was an impact player on those teams, making girls 5 years her age look pedestrian. Imagine being a senior in HS and getting your ankles broken by 7th/8th grader. There are Thorns practice videos floating around. From a distance you can't tell she's 15.
You are mad, at the very least a hater. She's a good player, but more than that she was marketed well by her parents. Get your kid as many followers as she does and she can follow her path, at the very least get some sort of sponsorship deal you crave lol. The fact is she's got more than twice as many followers than some uswnt players. In the end its all business and she's got enough game to not embarrass herself on the field.
Well said sir. However for me, this isn’t about being first, second, or third. Let me clarify my points:
You do realize OM’s dad KC is on record saying “it doesn’t’ matter if she’s the best at 13, if she’s not at 16.” So, no negative vibe. I’m simply following along. My kids want to compete and wants to see OM “show her what it do.”
You are moving the goal post. I thought we were talking about all the opportunities available to younger soccer players because of OM’s efforts?
Why so negative? The world has some fantastic soccer to watch, with more than one great player. This is a good thing. It would be kind of boring if it were all “Marta versus the little people.”
I don’t care about my kid being great. I simply want my kid to have equal opportunity.
Not negative; I would call it smart and analytical. I am simply correcting the record. No opportunities have been presented to my kid by NWSL so I am at a loss as to why this untruth about increased opportunity is being circulated. It was reported that multiple teams were interested in signing OM, which means there are a few teams currently with the desire and budget to sign a teen but my phone is not ringing. What a bogus, sham, farce situation.
IF there were multiple NWSL teams interested in OM, it doesn’t mean they are in the market to sign any female teenager. They were interested in her and all of the visibility that she had amassed already. They weren’t looking to find the some young “phenom” that no one knows and create a marketing opportunity out of her. Especially when “Project OM” has yet to bear any fruit.
Spot on. I thinks there’s a lot of speculation and conjecture being put out in the world. Time will tell.
She now has the opportunity to try to play in the NWSL as a minor without NWSL saying it is against their rules. That is the opportunity that the lawsuit opened for other female players, including yours.
I think you have a case if your daughter tries out for an NWSL team and doesn't make it based solely on her age, which will be hard to prove because soccer is so subjective. I do agree with you that I hope NWSL will start opening up positions for youngs players like MLS if she desires to play professionally at a young age.
