LosBlancos
Member
- Aug 15, 2017
- 21
Hey everyone.
First time poster, but this has been on my mind for a while and wanted to bring it up here. Jason DeVos seems to support the idea of private academies and integrating them into the provincial programs. In Ontario the have their club league and a newly formed academy league with crossover in tournaments/showcase games. Academies have been accepted as now being full members of OSA. The same has now happened in Saskatchewan, with academies being accepted as full members this past spring.
My son recently attended a FCB Escola camp at Fortius and BC Soccer's Luca Dalla Pace was there so I asked him about DeVos's thoughts on private academies. He pointed out to the pitch and said "You think they're here to improve Canadian soccer players? No, they're here to make money." I wanted to take him to task on that answer, since I truly disagreed, but left it at that and moved on.
Yes, I know private academies are here to make money, they are businesses and as such need money to continue, but not here to improve Canadian soccer? I call total BS on this. Ninety-five percent of our kids receive coaching from parents with little to no soccer experience. What was provided at FCB Escola is definitely at a higher level then what is received in most clubs by most players. The academies have an ideology, and strive to teach that ideology through semi-qualified coaches under the guidance of their technical director. The same can be said for the Whitecaps, and other academies like Faly, Africa United, Premier SA, TSS, do the same thing. On average, your paying more to get more in terms of coaching. But to say they're not trying to improve Canadian soccer is total rhetoric and serves to further whatever agenda BC Soccer is selling. Is this to protect BCSPL? Is this to protect some club TD's that bring in massive paychecks? I really don't understand this approach and thought process, it's extremely short sighted and reeks of an old boys club. Having a BCSoccer sanctioned academy league with private academies only serves to offer more choices and improve coaching/training? Having this as another ladder to provincial teams/residency only helps improve soccer in this province?
Can somebody please help in explaining why the resistance? After lurking here for many months, it seems that there a few things that leave a bitter taste in posters mouths about BC Soccer including the setup of BCSPL, and the limit of player opportunities outside of this league. Wouldn't this help grow our sport instead?
Thanks
First time poster, but this has been on my mind for a while and wanted to bring it up here. Jason DeVos seems to support the idea of private academies and integrating them into the provincial programs. In Ontario the have their club league and a newly formed academy league with crossover in tournaments/showcase games. Academies have been accepted as now being full members of OSA. The same has now happened in Saskatchewan, with academies being accepted as full members this past spring.
My son recently attended a FCB Escola camp at Fortius and BC Soccer's Luca Dalla Pace was there so I asked him about DeVos's thoughts on private academies. He pointed out to the pitch and said "You think they're here to improve Canadian soccer players? No, they're here to make money." I wanted to take him to task on that answer, since I truly disagreed, but left it at that and moved on.
Yes, I know private academies are here to make money, they are businesses and as such need money to continue, but not here to improve Canadian soccer? I call total BS on this. Ninety-five percent of our kids receive coaching from parents with little to no soccer experience. What was provided at FCB Escola is definitely at a higher level then what is received in most clubs by most players. The academies have an ideology, and strive to teach that ideology through semi-qualified coaches under the guidance of their technical director. The same can be said for the Whitecaps, and other academies like Faly, Africa United, Premier SA, TSS, do the same thing. On average, your paying more to get more in terms of coaching. But to say they're not trying to improve Canadian soccer is total rhetoric and serves to further whatever agenda BC Soccer is selling. Is this to protect BCSPL? Is this to protect some club TD's that bring in massive paychecks? I really don't understand this approach and thought process, it's extremely short sighted and reeks of an old boys club. Having a BCSoccer sanctioned academy league with private academies only serves to offer more choices and improve coaching/training? Having this as another ladder to provincial teams/residency only helps improve soccer in this province?
Can somebody please help in explaining why the resistance? After lurking here for many months, it seems that there a few things that leave a bitter taste in posters mouths about BC Soccer including the setup of BCSPL, and the limit of player opportunities outside of this league. Wouldn't this help grow our sport instead?
Thanks