I notice the Athletics are going...and another one for those left out of the first one I posted.. ego and money make the world go round
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Athletics are not immune from ego and money..(not sure if our particular team is doing it..I would be fine with it..just have to get there a few days early)
$$$ Money talks, BS walks.
Of course the organizers are trying to extract more money from us..would you expect anything different
The fact that this new one started up is probably just in response to the Patriots games which started last year. Some orgs were left out of that and probably got their panties in a wad and went to TC and TC jumped at it..When I forwarded this to DD's coach his comment was "There is a lot of power grabbing going on in our little softball world today"
That said, even if that was the mindset, the biggest issues imo would be:
Well the event is 14's-18's but there are a few 16's in this event in late Oct:
Of course the organizers are trying to extract more money from us..would you expect anything different
With regards to cost, you would be there 3 or 4 days more. Not inconsequential but if that tournament replaced another one you would have traveled to at a different time of the year you might actually save moneyThat said, even if that was the mindset, the biggest issues imo would be:
a) (as you alluded to) the adults getting 1.5 -2 weeks off in a row
b) the players playing that many days in a row.
c) are college coaches actually going to be willing to spend that long there and if not will they just forgo those "pre-party" events for IDT/Sparkler or will their IDT/Sparkler stay be shorter than normal.
Now with regards to b) DD's team typically doesn't play between CO and PGF/AFCS so that is a month off to "rest".
I don't know how the Patriot Games went last year (the original topic of this thread). I would be interested to hear from somebody whose kid played in it and also Sparkler/IDT.
Were the kids out of gas by the end of IDT/Sparkler or just the parents ?
I am so glad I didn't see RI on that list...Well the event is 14's-18's but there are a few 16's in this event in late Oct:
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The P5 event page doesn't have a list of actual teams yet. I am also not sure if only 1-2 teams per age group per org is going to be "invited" like the Patriot Games was last year. I would assume they would at least "filter" who gets in even if the org has "agreed to play in it"....
That said, even if that was the mindset, the biggest issues imo would be:
