Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
I don't get the whole geography thing, there's not home fields? Why can't Pride play NEMS at Whitemarsh Park in Bowie? or Western Regional?





I also don't get why you'd feel the need to placate to the VA teams. Losing Pride and Stars would not be ideal but those teams playing in VA only NGLL would be not ideal for them.


Like everything in club lax, $$$ is the reason.

Because that is revenue that the NGLL MD organizers would lose. You could very easily get a 6-7 team VA division with 2 stars teams, 3-4 Pride teams (including the old Cavalier team), YJMA, CavLax and maybe a couple more. In fact, it would pretty much guarantee Pride teams spots at NGLL nationals as well giving them another elite level tourney.

Other than guaranteeing Pride a spot in the National tourney every year, this would be a big waste of time for those teams. Wouldn't you have BLC, Next Level, Metro and MC Elite in there as well? Those are all considered VA/DC teams. If the VA teams want to play in NGLL Mid Atlantic then they need to be prepared to play at whatever field is on the schedule in MD. It doesn't make sense though to send Pride/Stars to Coppermine 4 seasons, just as it doesnt make sense to send NEMS or Coppermine down to Kent Island HS.