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Originally Posted by derekgas
I think they were aiming at football clubs as mancie says dave, I was told by an everton scout that they like to get kids at between 5 and 7 years old, these days, unless exceptional, 15 is considered old, you are right about some parents going overboard at kids matches though, have seen many a major fall out at kids footy matches.
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It's not aimed at the big clubs, in fact I think you would struggle to find any of them with teams of that age. Yes they like to sign them up at that age if they recognise they have exceptional talent.
The ban has been brought in to try and encourage them to develop more technical skills. It's been brought in by the FA, and I would guess it's only the first step. Trevor Brooking would actually prefer the ban to extended to Under 11's
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7477154.stm