If MPSC and Charleston United support a merger but it's with themselves instead of with an already established alliance that is doing well, receptive to them joining and is set up to succeed for the player, isn't that holding out in the most obvious manner? Or, because the DOCs at those clubs are worried about what their title, role, and income would be in a Bridge FA merger over the young players' development, then that's a viable reason to not to join?
You're correct that there are players being developed at the youngest ages at MPSC and Charleston United and they do deserve credit for getting players started...absolutely! That's not the point, though. I just want to hear a good reason why those developed players do not need to be encouraged by the DOCs to go to a place where there are more good players to develop them even more and at a faster rate? And if its CESA or CUFC instead of the Bridge FA and travel is not an issue, then so be it.
It's such a small percentage of better players and if the DOCs care about development over winning, like they say, they could still run their programs without the better players and send the elite to the Bridge FA. So why not do it? Because they DO want to try and win BUT can't!
Then, the same cycle happens. The players stay at those clubs and quickly reach a point where they are ready for more, however, they are urged by DOCs to stay with the same talent pool they developed past and outgrew. Now, they have no chance to continue to get better at the rate they could.
No matter how good an individual team or player becomes at those clubs, it is ALWAYS better if, by U11 or U12, they have the chance to be with a higher quantity of higher quality. Always! And in the Lowcountry and Coastal District, that's the Bridge FA...not MPSC and not Charleston United.
The only reason players go to the Bridge FA from MPSC and Charleston United is because 1) the player/family chooses against the coaches' will and/or 2) those clubs don't have the player and coach resources to have a team and NOT because DOCs are helping the Bridge FA cause.
