I agree with you completely about parents...We are the ones that created this monster.When my kids started six years ago there were no training fees.The soccer professionals saw the gleam in the parent's eye and look what we have today and who knows where it will end.Parent's decide where their kids will play...no doubt unless little Johnnie can find an income.There is quite a contrast from boys to girls.My daughter did choose to play where the girls are instead of the elite program.Boys,I believe have more choices due to numbers.But if the kids are not happy they will quit sooner or later.To be honest..alot of the kids on elite teams are athletes..not soccer players.They are just bigger or stronger..maybe meaner.
