well Gings, regardless of the number of players getting training Mum and Dad pay for, there is still the NTC bottleneck
perception is, or fashion dictates is that NTC is the #1 place to be. We can have whatever amount of accredited private providers but there might still be only 10 x NTC places. If young Burnley Boy misses out it's unlikely to be reflected on as " need to do better' but rather " it's a conspiracy against players from x academy". If there is not a good split in player ability across all academies that will continue.
the participants are also (for the main) completely focused on themselves , certainly no holistic/community approach to football selection needs apply. Most would not care a whit if 10 or 100 kids get training, just as long as my son is in. Whilst we as supposed coaches of young people are probably very happy to see the number of kids increased I'd suspect we'd be amongst a very few who actually give a f***.
Return on outlay is required to make academies fashionable to the paying parties. With the present lay of the land it seems that inconceivable for me to choose Burnley (or whatever) over FTC. No NTC option, it's 2x as costly , the better players are already picked/confirmed for FTC and looking at the FTC coaching line up I can't see Burnley getting within cooee. This has the potential to continue as well, because if they can't attract the best players then whether accreditation is delivered, the players still will not get picked.