Crew8 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 ^forgot agudelo again, in aggregate, of course it's much better for a player's individual interest to have a degree to fall back on that said, had the Andy Najars and Juan Agudelos gone to college - which is an environment that inherently isn't as good for development as a professional setting - It's doubtful they'd be the players they are today university athletics are far from unimportant, and won't be for a long time, if ever - the academies are too widespread and generally too inaccessible to reliably pick up every interesting or talented kid, and college can still act as a safety net for academy kids who don't make the immediate jump to the senior level but if nearly all players start their pro careers at age 22 or 23 instead of 17 or 18, that places those players a solid 5 years behind the rest of the world. It's not good for the development of the game in the country long term if we insist on the sacredness of the idea of student athletes Doesn't seem as if GA Contracts are as high this year as in the past and spending more on Homegrown MLS academy players. Generation Adidas Update from Soccer By Ives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew8 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 MLS shifting resources away from Generation adidas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ando Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Hmm. Makes sense from the MLS's standpoint, I think. It'll be interesting next year to see if GA salary stagnation is a real trend or if this has as much to do with the draft just not having the same depth in GA quality as last year's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyake Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Not sure if I'm correct about this, but I remember hearing: - homegrown players do not count against a rosters salary and are protected when expansion drafts take place. So as long as a team signs their homegrown player, he remains off the rosters salary for the duration of his career with that team. - Generation Adidas players do not count against a roster and are protected until that player graduates. We've seen some players graduate after a year. Generation Adidas players normally start at $100k+ Homegrown players start around $50k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTank123 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Not sure if I'm correct about this, but I remember hearing: - homegrown players do not count against a rosters salary and are protected when expansion drafts take place. So as long as a team signs their homegrown player, he remains off the rosters salary for the duration of his career with that team. - Generation Adidas players do not count against a roster and are protected until that player graduates. We've seen some players graduate after a year. Generation Adidas players normally start at $100k+ Homegrown players start around $50k Homegrown contracts for good players are basically Generation Adidas contracts. Speas will definitely not be signing at the 50k mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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