Thanks for that, enjoyed the discussion with you. However, we're now discussing the ins and outs of reopening the academy in some capacity but I sense it isn't part of any 5, 10 or even 20 year plan that the board may have. Which I think is a crying shame.forevertufc wrote: I do not the intimate details of the clubs finances either, but, when Steve Breed says the club was close to having the chains wrapped around the front door, I can only read between the lines and realise the club was in deep, deep trouble.
You of course may know more about the relegations regards youth academies than I do. However I am a qualified youth development coach (local level)in my own right, anyone on this forum who's done level 1,2 and the new youth module 1,2 that support those qualifications, will tell you, one of the things drummed into you right from the start is; football is for all.
For the that reason I do not see TUFC being topped from re-opening an academy some time down the line if it chose to do so, yes, I could see their perhaps being some restrictions on funding, but again, under the F.A's own banner of "football for all" that does not punish the club, but the kids trying to play football, so I do see it.
Brings me on to a bigger overarching point - why should relegation down one division for our first team result in the careers of hundreds of young footballs being sent to the furnace? Obviously reduced funding for relegation but it shouldn't completely bankrupt the youth system - it should be protected by governing bodies in my opinion.
