Quote Originally Posted by KITZ View Post
SAP isn’t for community football it’s specifically for footballers who want to play in those leagues WPL /NPL etc. it’s a commitment to 2 nights a week training over 30 something weeks. SAP licences cost money. Why would a community club be interested in any of that when the intention isn’t for those kids to play community football and their season doesn’t run anywhere near as long. They would only be wasting money investing and setting kids up with false ideas of what they are getting into, there will literally no where for them to go after SAP. I think you are blurring interest in football and what the SAP program is supposed to be. It was never supposed to be a free for all, it’s a targeted program that requires a large investment from both club and players as well as their families.

It ceased being being a target program when so many kids are accepted into it.

If SAP is about getting kids in front of accredited coaches to develop them, then the club doesn't matter. As it stands, the SAP system is an exclusive cash cow for the lucky few. The shear volume of kids taken in devastates the community teams left behind. The numbers that fold because of SAP intake is way too high. those kids are lost to football, but no one cares.