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Feeling left out since the deal is complete and my son wasn’t asked to play for predators. He will soon be left looking for a new team.

Koopers or Breakers would be interested. Check with them.

MD: Elite, AAAA, AAA, AA, A, B
LI: A, B, town
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Well-- they are the new Sheriff in town.[/quote]

Predators have stormed Baltimore like George Washington did against the Germans at Iwo Jima. They are the talk of Baltimore !

Wow a lot more talent in MD

Actually, LI B teams probably beat 90% of your AAAA teams

It’s embarrassing really. Some parents are so hard up for status that they create this crazy division structure. Seriously AA is not good enough? You have to create AAA and AAAA to stroke the ego of parents. Don’t get me started with ELITE that is even more obnoxious.

Crabs commercial… “Locally grown but nationally known” lol I guess they’re locally grown until they need FL players to be able to compete lol

The "ego of the parents?!" You have some nerve. Where is your evidence? It's not like we spent nearly 600 pages of an online forum on one age group puffing our chests ... oh, right.

Oh darn because we were just about to get you started on your opinions on the ELITE division. Because we all care. A lot.

How are those PA Boys doing? 😂

I think Ua has more to do with the number of clubs playing in HOCO than status. IMO

What did the roughriders coach do to get kicked out and suspended?

there’s 2 buddy

Tell me you have no idea how leagues are run, without telling me you have no idea how leagues are run.

Supply side: HoCo has a bounty of turf fields they want to lease out for youth lax from March 1 to May 30 every year. They want to get the maximum number of games played (fields rented) over the shortest amount of time. That is their (spring) business model. They do not want to operate a 5 month long, round robin league where there's an A and B league with 20 teams in each, and only 1-2 championship teams per age bracket. That's not good marketing for their league. They want to fill all the fields for a short season, cash the check, declare 3-6 champion teams for each age group, and move on to summer leases.

Demand side: This is what you are truly missing. In recruitment, club directors and coaches are making very specific pitches to parents and players about the trajectory of the team over 1-2-3 years. Much as most clubs have zero loyalty to the kids year-to-year (and in any year, that loyalty ends when a check doesn't clear), the parents have zero loyalty to the clubs. SO when HoCo League comes to the club and says "we're putting 3 of your teams in B league and 3 in A league," the club director - who is running a business/brand - says - the heck you are...."Our club will lose customers if you put us in a B league."

It's not like A-league parents are calling the league and complaining about having a B league. This is a business.

As for the AAA parents you're complaining about (I'm one), I guess I don't see the problem. My kid would be a fine 3rd string player on an elite team, or a standout stud on an A level team (which he has been). Instead he's a "starter" and "contributor" on an AAA team and it's a good experience for him. If your kid is having a similar experience from rec ball to Club-A to Club-AAA a "national team" then good for him, he is lucky to find a good fit.

Who cares. Their season is over.