Jared Charnas

UNI Econ ‘21 - Econ Nerd

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

Qt and I talked about kog’maw passive lol @Imaqtpielol

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

If the US wants to be competitive in international soccer, we need to take a good hard look at youth soccer costs. Additionally, we will need to have open promotion/relegation throughout the professional leagues to make it naturally more competitive. Major investment needed.

[Frank Michael Smith @frankmikesmith]

The USMNT will be stuck at the World Cup until it adopts Germany's blueprint

In 2000 Germany finished last at the Euros and decided it was time overhaul the system. They built 390 regional training bases to make sure one was within 25 km of every kid in country. They hired 1,200 full-time coaches, invested €48 million per year and mandated that every pro club build a certified youth academy or lose its license

The cost to families was $0 and 14 years later, 21 of the 23 players who won the World Cup came directly from the system

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

In Germany, a talented 14-year-old earns his club money. In America, his parents pay the club $15,000 a year.

That single inversion explains why "we will not" is the most accurate line ever written about US soccer.

FIFA built a global system for this. Training compensation and solidarity payments send a cut of every transfer fee back to the clubs that developed the player, from age 12 onward. Develop one future pro and your academy gets paid for a decade. Barcelona's La Masia, Ajax, every Bundesliga academy runs on this logic. The kid is the asset.

US Soccer refuses to enforce those rules. When Seattle's Crossfire Premier claimed its $60,000 share of DeAndre Yedlin's transfer to Tottenham, it got nothing. Claims on the Dempsey and Bradley transfers died partly because the federation couldn't even produce the youth training records.

So American clubs earn zero dollars when a kid turns pro. They earn when a kid enrolls. Which makes the parent the customer, and the product is whatever keeps the parent writing checks: travel tournaments, hotel weekends, $500 showcase events, private training at $100 an hour. Elite pathways run $8,000 to $20,000 a year. A comparable academy spot in Italy costs about 120 euros.

Follow the incentive one level deeper and it gets darker. A club dependent on fees can't cut its weakest paying players, so rosters optimize for retention over development. The scouting pool shrinks to families who can afford the cliff, which appears around age 11, exactly when development matters most. The country runs a talent filter sorted by household income instead of ability.

Every four years someone proposes fixing this. The proposal always requires the people profiting from the $15,000 model to vote themselves out of business.

They will not.

[Dan Wetzel @DanWetzel]

Maybe making travel soccer even more expensive will help the US finally get good.

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@NVIDIAGeForce @maingear GeForce PC Week

[Football Manager @FootballManager]

Back. Better. Building for the season ahead.

#FM26 Match Day First Look. Coming soon.

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@_mmmaris_ @PlayOverwatch Classic spray love it

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@DeMickyD For the time, amazing

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@DeMickyD Need more ridiculous things like this pls thanks

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

Had a great dinner with @RepDonBacon last night! Thanks for coming out, it was great to be able to meet!

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@theprecinctgame Gamepass on Xbox a possibility?

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

First day of the soccer season for my first season coaching high school soccer is today. Excited to get started!

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@EsfandTV Honestly one of the best games I have ever played. I can’t wait for #2 here soon

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@Its_Jabo https://t.co/bGae8mGEej even better

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@ASFCofficial Class that

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@Pirat_Nation I want to see more 3rd party releases of the fallout and elder scrolls ip

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

UP THE REDS ✊🔴 #UCL

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@MrCaseyAnderson Commentators don’t need to fill the air constantly. I appreciate a break in their constant yapping. They need to take a note from soccer commentators in England!

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@JoovYT I’m loving it so far

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@BootLegAidan @JoovYT @YouTube @YouTubeCreators I’m able to support joov more by having premium when watching his vod channel vs using ad block on youtube

[Jared Charnas @jaredcharnas]

@JoovYT @YouTube @YouTubeCreators The preplaced ad rolls on vods are nuts. I don’t see how I could watch the vod channel without premium