Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
The point I am trying to make is that they have been sold the dream, which statistically is never going to happen. Most of these kids would be better served playing for a local league team and letting nature take its natural course. I've watched quite a few local youth team games and the technical standard has been pretty good, except it doesn't come with the prestige of being associated with a professional club, and failure isn't such a big deal.
Maybe I should have used the word expectation instead of prestige.