There is realy no justification for this even considering that this is a recruitment year and low 22 turnout. What made these tornaments special was the fact that it was supposed to be hard to make Thats what the call back academy was created for. Every program in the US is having trouble fielding a 22's so why not have this for every state ?. They have hung All American tags on kids that barlely contributed if at all for their high schools. Im talking kids with single digits in a 16 game season. Now I wont deny that that the UA was 95%-99% predetermined but MAYBE many of the ordained kids didnt make AS originally because non biased 3rd party evaluators were involved, weather or whatever excuse they will make. There had to be calls made after that AS tryout due to not getting an early email. Thats why the rosters seems to be blended with a mash up of very good players and very mediocre kids. As for the UA, the good news is that they may have a shot this year of winning. One of the teams in the UA finals last year has less that 3 kids from last years team and the other team that won has ZERO returning to UA. They all went to AS. The good news for the AS folks is that you chose the tournament that is much closer with much better overall talent which will bring more eyeballs On the downside for the AS folks is that the team that won last year's UA is fully in tact in that tournament. So the average kids that made these teams will get exposed while the kids that deserved it will have to kill themselves trying to keep them in it. This whole thing has now become lacrosse welfare.
