Why England Doesn't Have a Pay-to-Play Problem — And What That Means for Us

I take a hard look at a question I get asked a lot: why doesn't England have the same paid private team system we do here in the US?I dig into how their national pathway actually works, who's really footing the bill for player development, and where the money goes when an academy prospect gets sold for millions.Along the way, I uncover some surprising gaps between how the two systems are funded — and why one path might be setting kids up better than the other. It's a side of youth soccer economics most American parents never see.