Just one of many times the YJ 2016 Gold plays down. This Sunday at the Lax for Hope tourney in Oakdale TEAM #38 YJ 2016 GOLD PLAYS 3 2017 TEAMS!!! Its the coaches obligation to inform the directors that his team is not going to get better playing down again and insist on playing their own age group or up. Maybe they don't do so good when playing on age or up? There are other tourneys this past summer this team played down!! Afraid to play up?
First, as a charity fund raiser, the Yellow Jackets organization has stepped up to put teams into the event. As a charity tournament that BOTC itself has carried for free in our first year, we think it is one thing to knock the event - it is another to put some skin in the game and help the cause. Both the Yellow Jackets and BOTC, along with all the participants are trying to help.
Second, you are aware of the tournament rules we assume - those rules include the facts that this is a 7v7 play for the win event with 25 minute running games.
Third, the Jackets have three teams in Varsity A (from 12), one in Varsity B, two in Junior Varsity (from 7), five in Middle School (from 8), and two in Risers (from 7).
So, where does this lead us? Could the 2016 Gold have fit in the Junior Varsity division as a second eighth grade team in Junior Varsity? Perhaps. As eighth graders, are they playing down in the Middle School bracket? No.
In closing, BOTC thinks that the cause comes first here.
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