I understand what your trying to say, but the parents & players can't take all the blame.Wild Eagle wrote:Look, players will always be approached, I agree that the ethics are not great but it reflects on the situation as a whole; at this stage, I think it's fair to say that there are some setups which are more organised than others, but it also depends greatly on the kind of people the parents and children are: if anyone came to me to say that my 9 year old son/daughter could become a star by going to that club, I would tell them to get shiraz.
There are, though, many aspirational parents that think they have given birth to Maradona, Pele and Kewell rolled into one, so when they are approached, they think :' I knew it!'
Many parents behave like agents, that is more the concern, in my view.
So it's about the club, the educational process and the people that WANT to be there.
So the people that poach, more often than not will bring in aspirational people to the club...good luck to them if they don't deliver what they promised...
In the meantime, 'normal' clubs can get on with developing their players, as they should, for the right reasons. Education, fun, correct social behaviour, respect for oneself and others and skill acquisition.
These clinics/academies should have ethics
Are they training kids extra skills or are they a recruiting centre?
Can't be both
Parents take their kids to these places in good faith, they do it because they believe their child can benefit from extra skills for the future; is that wrong?
If the staff of the academy gives the impression that the child will benefit from changing clubs is that wrong?
This is different from people going to games & poaching players.
