You have to have enough players to cover those that get injured or can't make a tournament for another reason. Also, remember these tournaments are hotter than [lacrosse] more often than not, you need enough kids to play so that breaks can be given so no one drops from heat exhaustion.

The uniforms? Whatever. The site says you get a uniform, not "a uniform every year." Would I like uni's with more swag? Sure. It's far from a dealbreaker though. I don't see why a few (or just one?) are so up in arms over it, but to each his or her own. I don't think any org gives out new uni's every year. In fact, my daughter played AAU bball for a while and when she left, they wanted her uni back to give to another player, so maybe be happy the TG pinnie you received was new. Haha.