How are teams with older kids (LIE, Igloo, S2S) thinking they can qualify for the WSYL? Do they have to leave these kids off for qualifiers? Each one of those teams have major influencers that don't make the cutoff. Not putting a blame on anyone for anything, just curious.
They are simply playing without any of the kids that don't qualify.
If only it were that simple. They are filling those spots with 2022's that fit in the age cutoff. They are well within the rules to do so, so this is not a gripe; however, it kind of goes against what the tourney was supposed to be though, doesn't it? This was about playing teams without all of the holdback issues, but now there will be, at minimum, 4 teams (the aforementioned, plus Legacy) from LI alone (who knows what the rest of the North teams are doing) that are bringing in 8th graders to try to win. Also, the rules clearly state that all players on the qualifier roster must play with the team in at least 2 other tournaments besides the qualifier and the WSYL. I highly doubt that any these teams will do that considering they would need to play in the 2022 divisions of those tournaments. Before you jump down my throat saying "sorry your kid isn't good enough to go to Denver", he will be going. His team is the 2nd or 3rd best in the grade and his team is bringing on extra players.
You don't get it....
Please elaborate.
It's an age based tournament.. end of conversation. If you want to gripe/ not gripe look what the other regions are doing with clubs having tryouts for WSYL only teams.
Was never a true age based tournament. It was a concept which has been corrupted. How many years has the Age cutoff switched? and Why did it move in different years.
