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Post by Soccerhouse on Sept 11, 2015 11:11:41 GMT -5
Sorry if folks had seen this, but I had never seen the reponses by US soccer to the US Senate Committee U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, PRODUCT SAFETY, INSURANCE, AND DATA SECURITY “EXAMINING THE GOVERNANCE AND INTEGRITY OF INTERNATIONAL SOCCER” JULY 15, 2015 QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD SENATOR MARIA CANTWELL cdn-jpg.si.com/sites/default/files/download/cantwell-us-soccer.pdfQuestion 1 is the heart of the matter: Question 1. MLS took the entire solidarity fee for the transfer of the US soccer players including DeAndre Yedlin, Clint Dempsey, and Jozy Altidore, and paid none of it to any of their respective US youth soccer clubs that were owed portions of the fees. Please describe this process and explain why the solidarity fees are not awarded to youth clubs as called for in FIFA regulations.
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Post by totaalvoetbal on Sept 15, 2015 12:53:10 GMT -5
Yeah I have tried to keep up with this, but it is such a sticky situation. My gut reaction is that youth clubs should definitely get just compensation for developing these players. However, there should be some sort of sliding scale for this. For example, Player A who played one year at Club X when he was age 12 should not have the same compensation total as opposed to Player B who played one year at Club Z when he was 16. There is a difference and also how many years a kid is at a club should be in consideration for the sliding scale.
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