I have a son that saw how political ODP can be (they are really trying to clean things up and using new coaches, etc. now) and after one year would not participate again. He has however caught the attention of some college coaches by going to camps at the colleges he was interested in attending and also by playing in the SunBowl and telling the coaches of the colleges that he was accepted at that he would be there. So without ODP he will most likely be playing on a very competative Div. I soccer team. Another son has been on ODP for several years. SC because of past failures with ODP has a hard time competing with a lot of the other states in region III. One of the things that hurts SC is the dual participation bill, because ODP players are only given certain dates in which they can train together as a team. If we can get the neanderthals to correct this injustice to our kids, there can be more weekend training during the spring so that we are better prepared as a team to compete in sub-regionals and regionals. Then if you are playing on a competative ODP team you'll attract more attention of college coaches.
