I have always wondered why school/college sports are taken so extremely seriously here. In Sweden we have local clubs who the kids/teenagers join. But when they are at college level here (18-22 more or less), they're at first team level in Sweden, but in a club like let's say LA Lakers. And of course it is taken seriously at that level but so serious that they almost kill a player. I doubt it! That is really horrible! There are hooligans in Europe, but they tend to kill each other and not the players...
But the schools in Sweden don't have their teams. Why is it that way in the USA? I believe most of the European countries have a system like the Swedish one. I doubt that it is the colleges or universities or schools that provide the youngsters with the soccer skills in England. I am sure that is responsibility of the local clubs.

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