Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
So we are d****d if we do and d****d if we don't.... meaning posters are complaining that we should "look at Team 91 and Legacy in LI" they play up and a couple threads later we have 24s on our team...who are "playing up" right? 2023 team are kids who tried out and made it . Dukes takes the best. Anyone on this forum can have their son tryout...every month these same posters talk about the "money grab" mini camps but have your son tryout and see....My son is a Duke and works hard and is very PROUD TO BE A DUKE!! We've been playing lax since he was 6 now 12 (yes truly 12 on the 2023) and we are from the area and he worked hard to be a DUKE and maintain his roster spot



I think you are missing the point. Most of us don't care to play for Dukes Nationals and aren't interested in trying out. The original poster made a point that playing in the tournament that you did was classless and I agree with them. Interesting enough I would also agree with the poster that said you should have simply played UP. Then nobody would have had issue with it. It does beg the question why didn't you play up? Are you kidding everyone knows the club scene well enough to figure out how competitive each and every tournament is PRIOR to it being played. Victory can call it AA but that isn't just a marketing ploy and nothing more. There were certainly AA teams that participated across multiple brackets but there wasn't a single bracket that was a AA BRACKET. Get some cohones and play UP like a good respectable club


This is not true... the older teams complain about having to play younger teams, it's a waste of time they say. Keep doing what you want Dukes, nobody is ever satisfied. And until we get age brackets anyone complaining about stupid stuff like this is missing the forest for the trees. There is NO integrity in the brackets nor do you ever know exactly what age you are playing.