Not so sure why my previous post was so bad.
Academy teams are money makers for the clubs. More kids playing Academy = more fees.
MPSC and CESA decided at the same time to not support the younger State Cups. It was right after MPSC adopted their Academy program,which CESA started in SC. Spring 2006 there were CESA and MPSC teams playing younger State Cups, Spring 2007 there were none. CESA and MPSC are only SC clubs participating in Adidas Academy Festival every spring which originated in Spring 2006.
How does CESA fund itself and pay it's coaches? Certainly not with Rec. teams at younger ages. I'm sure Pearce and Andrew don't donate their time. I never said they only want Academy for the money, it's a big part of it. There is a lot more money coming into their club with Academy than without.
Like it or not it's simply a business model.
