In reply to: Pulisic gets it. Let’s hope U.S. Soccer does something about posted by tex29
The FUFA rule applies between labor markets.
From third world countries. It is likely a good rule. Teams were going into poor communities in Africa and taking advantage of players and families.
It would be nice if the rule applied all over, but that might make the cure worse than the disease.
Ultimately, we need to end pay to play.
Europe.
To develop our 14 and 15 year olds. We need to do a better job of it domestically.
poach talent from other European countries while the U.S. cannot poach talent from, say, Mexico or Central America. Likewise, European national teams shouldn’t have the advantage of having their talent develop in the big professional leagues while other countries don’t have that advantage.
Which would allow for that arrangement.
And I would support.