participant growth not the same as professional development

participant growth not the same as professional development
by turtle17 (2020-10-08 15:49:24)
Edited on 2020-10-08 16:01:37

In reply to: Sorry. I misinterpreted what you wrote posted by Steelhop

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I'm personally not sure participant growth is that related to development of professional level players. It isn't unrelated, but I tend to think the key factor is a combination of soccer match attendance, eyeballs on games on TV, and realistically for today's media market views on social media. That can drive the money which can incentivize development of future professional players as compared to incentivizing pay for play.

To answer what can change for soccer given flat long-term participation, one possibility is a new generation can make it a sport they follow similarly to the way other big sports are followed in the US. Of course, people have been talking about this for a long time.