From Nor Cal Soccer Forums:

Quoted from: soccerplebe, December 11^th, 2007 04:58  GMT

"I saw this and had the same gut level reaction... On the surface, it seems to make sense (Representative form of government, blah, blah, blah). But if you think about it, it makes it nearly impossible to initiate any change from the grass roots level. Who exactly will be voting the votes for the leagues? Perhaps it will be the powers that be at the league level, who are glove and fist with the powers that be at the state association level? Right now, it's at least possible for team representatives to band together to vote for change. Of course, this virtually never happens because the votes always come at a time when it's least convenient to attend the annual meetings."

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