I've played football in the states and in Europe, and what bothers me the most is the elitism in the US leagues. Europe has the best teams in the world, and a lot of that has to do with the fact that EU football looks for the best players around. American leagues, on the other hand, seem to go after the same preppy club players from specific colleges and don't bother looking for the raw talent you find in parks and in rec leagues. So why is American football so elitist? It was brought up by a lot of commentators during the 06 world cup: rags to riches stories from countries around the world, but the US feeds its teams with the same types of players and thus the same talent base as always, i.e. upper class kids that played club as youths and college teams afterwards. Kids play football here all through gradeschool, but there's some sort of disconnect in highschool and beyond with the sport and preps, like you're not somebody in the sport unless you come from money. What gives?
2007-03-26
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