Naadiga Newell's Old Boys ee Rosario waa mid ka mid ah kuwa ugu caansan ee Argentina, wuxuuna leeyahay mid ka mid ah dugsiyada dhallinyarada ugu guulaha badan. Todobaad kasta, ilmo 700 ah oo u dhexeeya 4 ilaa 12 sano ayaa tababar ka hela xaruntooda.
Nidaamka tababarka ee Newell's Old Boys
Ciyaartoyda ugu tayada fiican ee ka tirsan 'baby football' ee Newell's waxay helayaan deeqo waxayna bilaash ku tababaraan, halka kuwa kale ay bixiyaan $25 bil kasta si ay u tababaraan laba jeer toddobaadkii oo ay fiyuusaan tababarayaal badankood ahayd xirfadlayaal hore. Naadigu wuxuu maalgeliyaa tabarka iyo waxbarashada 400 ciyaaryahan oo u dhexeeya 12 ilaa 18 sano, kuwaas oo tababar u hela ilaa lix jeer toddobaadkii.
Newell's Old Boys waa meeshii uu Lionel Messi kaga ciyaaray da'da 6 ilaa 13 sano. Carlos Gil oo 120 mayl u jira Rosario, ayaa sheegay: 'In Argentina, we might not have so much money. But in some areas we have better quality of life.'.
Qiimaha Maraykanka iyo xannibaadaha maaliyadeed
Maraykanka, waalidiintu waxay bixiyaan $1,000 ilaa $3,000 sannadkii si ay u helaan barnaamijka ay carruurtoodu ka helaan Newell's. Rory O'Neill wuxuu yiri: 'In the United States, if you train a player and they go to a better situation or a bigger club, you get nothing for that.'.
Naadiyada dhallinyarada Maraykanka lama siinayo lacagta wareejinta, maxaa yeelay MLS looma qasbino inay siiyaan qayb. Yurub iyo Koonfurta Ameerika, naadiyadu waxay helayaan qayb lacagta wareejinta ciyaaryahan 12 ilaa 23 sano tababaray.
Nidaamka furan iyo mustaqbal ka duwan
MLS way ka gaabisay qaadashada magdhowga tababarka, iyagoo ka baqaya inay ku xad-gudubto sharciyada Maraykanka. Hadda, 30 koox oo kaliya ayaa ciyaari kara MLS, maxaa yeelay waa horyaal xiran oo lacag boqollaal malyuun ah ka qaata ku biirista.
Argentina, kubadu waxay ku shaqeysaa kor-u-qaad iyo dhac, waxaana jira kumanaan naadi oo fursad u leh inay gaaraan heerka ugu sarreeya. Farqigan nidaamku wuxuu muujinayaa sida Argentina ay u ilaalinayso kubada cagta dhallinyarada oo qaali ah.
In Rosario, Argentina, Newell's Old Boys trains around 700 children weekly at a fraction of the cost charged by American youth clubs, offering scholarships to the most promising players while charging just $25 a month for others. The club, where Lionel Messi played as a child, sustains its academy through professional team revenue and transfer fees rather than parent tuition, a structure that U.S. youth soccer largely lacks.
Affordable Training and Scholarships
Newell's Old Boys, one of Argentina's most popular clubs, runs a successful youth academy that serves hundreds of children every week. The most promising young players receive free scholarships, while others pay around $25 a month to train twice a week with coaches who are mostly former professionals. Competitive matches are held on weekends against other squads from the city.
Carlos Gil, a fencing contractor from a small town 120 miles away, drives his eight-year-old son to practice every week. He says that if U.S. clubs charged similar fees, almost nobody could play. He adds that if Argentine clubs charged thousands of dollars annually, the country's status as a global soccer powerhouse might be at risk.
Transfer Fees and Structural Differences
In Europe and South America, youth clubs regularly receive a share of a professional player's transfer fee through systems known as training compensation and solidarity payments. In the United States, youth clubs have been largely excluded from such payments, leaving them with very limited revenue streams that rely almost entirely on parent tuition.
Major League Soccer has been slow to adopt training compensation, fearing it might violate U.S. laws. Currently, only 30 teams can play in MLS because it is a closed league that charges teams hundreds of millions of dollars to join, unlike Argentina's promotion and relegation system that allows thousands of clubs a chance to reach the top division.
Calls for an Open System
Coaches in the United States argue that an open ecosystem would give hundreds of teams greater incentive to improve and invest in youth academies. Rory O'Neill, a coach in Pennsylvania, says that under such a system, almost any millionaire would start investing in clubs, as reaching the top division and benefiting from financial rewards would become a real possibility.
Filippo Silva, a business owner and coach in Orlando, agrees that a merit-based open system would open doors for more small investors. He believes more people would be willing to put money into soccer if there was something tangible they could get out of it, mirroring the model that sustains clubs like Newell's.
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