[quote=Anonymous]Maybe that's there way of telling you to stay in the B division.
Hey Karma. Every club director got the email!
I assume they made this change because people were complaining that the North/South divisions were not fair and the VA teams were complaining about traveling so far for games. Although the North/South divisions weren't always equal across age groups at least they were somewhat consistent. Hopefully if they agreed to get rid of them then some thought will go into the scheduling at each grade level to make sure things are somewhat even. With 16 teams registered for "A" and only 8 games, then you avoid 7 teams. Imagine the complaining/unfairness if one of the top teams has to play the other 4 while one of the other top teams avoids them all. Or if one of the borderline A/B teams somehow avoids the top teams and ends up in the playoffs?
Thanks DC Dad for that hard core analysis. No one cares about Capital here.
You will figure it out eventually.
Maybe so, maybe not, but we all know you won't ever figure out anything.
Honestly, no one cares about NGLL after 8th grade. Boast all you want about those meaningless championships in middle school. Look at the impact players in college. Many of them don’t come from the Mid Atlantic region. A lot come from teams that don’t have the MS exposure. Stop chasing rankings and start chasing true development. Find a team that has a philosophy of development, not winning, and you will be ok.
Of course no one cares about NGLL in HS, it doesn't even exist then. That is like saying, "no one cares about HS championships once you get to college". It isn't always about the next step. NGLL is the middle school championships. And making it to those championships is an appropriate goal for middle school club teams. Just because your daughters club can't set that goal, doesn't deminish it for clubs who can. High School state championships should also be goals for teams, even though many of their players will be going on to "better" things at the next level. In the moments of middle school NGLL matters. Even if it doesn't afterwards, it is still worth competing for that championship.
