Neither do you.
Actually i do, i work with kids this age and they are not strong enough to play adult sport, no matter what they look like. Their bones are not dense enough and it can actually stunt their skill develooment as after their final growth spurt they need significant skill recalibration.
Iām part of a group working on a framework for youth sports development and creating a a set of standards and best practice for youth sports and coaching education. If there is enough support, and this may get political funding, things like this will be outlawed.
This is extremely wreckless for the kids career. Bar the very odd success story (Best, Messi etc who are there because they have extremely high skill levels) most fall by the wayside and fail too early or, arguably (cos we never really know, but evidence suggests starting too early is an issue), donāt reach potential. It has a serious effect on mental and physical development.
Iām organising a conference for next year sometime next year and i have some of the leading people in sports psychology, youth develooment, movement and skill acquisition on these islands and further away to present at it.
You should come along and learn something. Iāll give a tfk discount.
Stop making generalisations. Some kids are extraordinary and are ready at young ages, most arenāt.
Debut at 15.
Exactly. Risks shouldnāt be taken on the 5% who might make it.
Typically tactic of the uninformed is to hold up the exception.
Of course its a much bigger question than just the elite. As far as iām aware you are not allowed play u17 as a 15 year old in most european leagues. But when money enters the equation all rules go out the window.
Didnāt do Gianni Rivera any harm. In fact he thinks it great the show of faith Genoa have made in him at 15.
Donnarumma has been a sensation since coming into the Milan team at 16. Some people are gifted, most arenāt.
AgaƬn , the one off examples.
Its a very dumb line of debating
Itās not, ordinary 15 and 16 years are not the ones thrown in, special ones are.
Gianni Rivera seems to be happy with how things worked out for him.
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We are talking about the population of player who get played early. One or two successes do not validate the decision to do it.
Its too much for you, i understand
If youāre good enough, youāre old enough.
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Heās the guy who scored against Roma at the weekend.
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Dembers has signed his official youth forms with Celtic today and told Real Madrid, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, PSG, Inter and Stoke to fuck off. 
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Come back to me when he has 100 games and still playing at 25.
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Iāll bask in the glory of todayās victory
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He signed youth forms with the club he is already at? Amazing news.
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It certainly is
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