Originally Posted by Anonymous
It's just a money grab. Instead of allowing the top kids to be locks for his Orange team, he is making eveyrone try out which means more tryout fees, even though those kids were on the team before they set foot on the field.

And instead of one B team, he is splitting the Blue kids into two teams, making them even weaker. The kids who stay in the program but don't make the Orange team are the ones who will suffer.

Don't know about the VA tryouts but we were there at the MD ones and the turnout was pretty bad.

Returning kids do not pay the tryout fee so you are wrong there. Yes you can look at adding a third team as a money grab. Or you can look at it as more kids more talent. If the other two top programs in the area have good or great high school teams you might want to have the numbers to be able to handle some leaving for the other top high school programs. Also with these top private schools doing more and more summer and fall actives. A top private school kid and play with his high school during the off season also and do showcases and be just fine.