Originally Posted by Anonymous
You know , its a touchy topic. On one hand the Youth program wants to see the Varsity coach show interest. But its a slippery coach. Say the coach runs a travel program , but with just one age group. Has the Varsity coach said he will show loyalty to players who have been with him for years ? What happens if your son is a year older then that group? WHen they get to HS will he lose his spot to a younger player who may be of equal or less talent but has been on the HS coaches travel team for 4 years ? Should this be allowed ?


In my town the boys play on PAL teams and they also play on summer tournament teams that play in tournaments year round. The kids pay for the tournament 's they attend and don't pay for the ones the miss. The varsity coaches keep there V & JV teams playing together year round as well . That's the way to do it and no profit is involved when it is done with volunteer's and when you divide the # of kids by the tournament registration fee.