The politics can't be worse than they are at BWG. We have coaches sons, the director of coachings kids, the presidents kid, vice presidents kids are coaching, coaches sleeping with moms, parents giving money to the club so their kid can start,racism, whatever you can think of goes on here and the man on top is Ben Boehm pulling all the strings. I LOVE IT HERE !

Here's a thought -- LEAVE! and cut the bitching.

[posted by a parent of a former BWG player with not regrets about leaving]

are the 9.9 scholarships full tuition or tuition and room and board

Yes. Also, full year access to Hooters early bird

It looks like Smithtown will be playing BWG/Cosmos U15 Pre-Academy team in Chicago. All the Academy naysayers just got their wish. Any predictions? LOL

Cosmos have the 7 month age advantage which will prove to be too much for Smithtown

Sparrow, is that you? I am not sure about BWG, but you do realize that the top 96s go straight to U16 academy.

Not at bwg, though

Totally idiotic comment. Of the 30+ boys rostered on these U16 academy teams, maybe 3-4 are 96s, with only 1-2 getting any significant time. You can look it up. The more interesting point, however, is that many of those 96s continue to play on the pre-academy squads because they get so little time on the real academy team. It seems like this poster is already looking for an excuse just in case the 7 month age advantage does not prove too much! Alas, I happen to agree with the original poster that the age advantage will prove to be too much. It is just bizarre that the pre-academy teams forced this move of getting the age advantage in this cup competition.

Regardless of what is posted here, the fact of the matter is the last year of pre-A is watered down. This years NYRB97 will go without their 5 best players, which will play U16 Academy. Whether or not they get playing time is another story but the end result is the same, the 97 team will have to go without those 5 players. Same with FCW97, two players in the U16. The only club that doesn't do that is BWG