Mark_w Posted 21 April 2013 Posted 21 April 2013 Hey - I don't make the rules!!! If you sign for an academy you sign for the academy with their rules - and their rules are that you stop playing for anyone else!!! If you want to be a pro footballer and play for LCFC academy you accept those rules - if you don't you play with your mates. You can't do both - especially when your club have specifically asked you not to!!! Well forcing kids to choose between those two options, at 8 years old, is one of the many things that are wrong with football.
Kitchandro Posted 21 April 2013 Posted 21 April 2013 I can see what 5waller5 is saying. If the kid is under contract and was supposed to be playing a game for the academy, then that's what he's supposed to do. I do think under 9s should be able to play for another team, but not on a day where he's obliged to play for his club. I've no idea why the dad wouldn't be encouraging him to play for Leicester FFS.
5waller5 Posted 21 April 2013 Author Posted 21 April 2013 I can see what 5waller5 is saying. If the kid is under contract and was supposed to be playing a game for the academy, then that's what he's supposed to do. I do think under 9s should be able to play for another team, but not on a day where he's obliged to play for his club. I've no idea why the dad wouldn't be encouraging him to play for Leicester FFS. Well that's where the problem lies for me .... the dad wanted to lord it around knowing his son had extreme talent - but seems more interested in himself being the big shot on the sidelines .... Whilst actually risking his lad's future.
Libertine Dream Posted 21 April 2013 Posted 21 April 2013 If he's under contract then he should play for lcfc, which would also be better for his football development. They shouldn't stop him playing with his mates but not when it's at the same time as an lcfc game. Seems to me that the dad justs wants to laud him around more than anything, why he wants him playing in a small tournament over an lcfc game is beyond me
somebum Posted 21 April 2013 Posted 21 April 2013 You lot moan but you are the ****ers paying these guys the wages
LcFc_Smiv Posted 21 April 2013 Posted 21 April 2013 Whats wrong with football is we're tying a child into a professional contract. The structure for sport in this country is wrong, especially when it comes to development.
Dan Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 The fact Leicester City can sign 8 year olds is ridiculous.
ian1984summer Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 perhaps this 9 year old child wanted to spend the day playing in a local tournament with his proper friends from school etc. at 9 years of age he doesn't understand contracts etc. he doesn't understand the rammifications he probably just wanted to have a laugh with his mates and play some football as opposed to the strict structure of playing for the lcfc youth team for the day. i used to play these tournaments and they were a great day out. if his behavior is the same when he turns 14/15 then it becomes a problem.
tomtom Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 Imagine being that good at 8years old that someone starts a thread about you on foxestalk! Let him enjoy his football
Karljohn Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 Whats wrong with football is we're tying a child into a professional contract. The structure for sport in this country is wrong, especially when it comes to development. Absolutely, we'll see the results of development after our national side is beaten out of sight in Brazil next year.
Jimothy Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 Absolutely, we'll see the results of development after our national side is beaten out of sight in Brazil next year. If we make it.
5waller5 Posted 22 April 2013 Author Posted 22 April 2013 Imagine being that good at 8years old that someone starts a thread about you on foxestalk! Let him enjoy his football He is actually THAT good!!
Bayfox Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 What sort of world do we live in when an 8 year old kid isn't allowed to have a game of footy with his mates? This This is whats really wrong with football. Promise them the earth at 8. What do you think happens to them if they don't go all the way?
Kitchandro Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 perhaps this 9 year old child wanted to spend the day playing in a local tournament with his proper friends from school etc. at 9 years of age he doesn't understand contracts etc. he doesn't understand the rammifications he probably just wanted to have a laugh with his mates and play some football as opposed to the strict structure of playing for the lcfc youth team for the day. i used to play these tournaments and they were a great day out. if his behavior is the same when he turns 14/15 then it becomes a problem. His father does though, if he has a contract he should be encouraging him to honour it. Even as a child sometimes you can't just do as you want, when I was 8 I had to do things with the family sometimes, I had to go to school, etc. Maybe he shouldn't have a contract in the first place at that age.
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