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Article from the Glasgow Evening Times

I know of a number of kids who play at pro youth level and turn out for their school teams. I also know of a few kids who asked to be released at pro youth level and returned to boys clubs immediately. I wonder how widespread this problem is?

"PROFESSIONAL football clubs are exploiting the dreams of children as young as 10 by tying them to binding legal agreements and treating them as financial commodities, Scotland's champion of young people's rights has warned.

The Commissioner for Children and Young People issued a damning report and called for significant changes within the country's football establishment after finding that it is riding roughshod over the human rights of 2,500 youngsters aged between 10 and 17 who are registered as youth players with professional sides.

The organisation criticised a system which sees clubs able to block children from playing for school teams and said that in practice, young people could be prevented from playing football altogether if they no longer wished to represent the team they had an agreement with.

Tam Baillie, the Commissioner for Children and Young People, said: "We encourage young people to have dreams and for many, that dream is becoming a footballer. That places a responsibility on football clubs and authorities to ensure they are responsible in how they deal with children and young people.

"However, our findings show that they are not fair-handed in how they deal with young people. They are treating young people as commodities and don't take account of what's in their best interests. They are having their dreams exploited and we need to redress the balance."

Full article http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/u/dreams-of-child-footballers-being-exploited-by-professional-clubs-that-view-10-year-olds-as-f.1432713754

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The organisation criticised a system which sees clubs able to block children from playing for school teams and said that in practice, young people could be prevented from playing football altogether if they no longer wished to represent the team they had an agreement with.

I went to school with a guy who wanted to leave falkirk pro youth and they said if he left they would do this

Crazy they can get away with it

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