Madlax had a kid who was a 26 last year play on their 27 National team at Naptown this summer. He’s reclassing to 27, but Naptown doesn’t allow kids who didn’t play 27 during the school year play 27 in their summer tournament. It was discovered after the first day of games, and the kid had to stop playing.
The kid was a defender - a pretty good one - but not really a game changer. notIntelligent and embarrassing, but I don’t think there was an intent to cheat.Next Level mom has gotten a lot of traction out of it though.
Here is the very first rule of eligibility for Naptown (and most other tournaments)
1) All players must compete in the division with the class they were in during the 2022-2023 Academic year.
To say there was no intent is completely laughable but if it makes you feel better about your club you roll with that. Every director and head coach knows that rule and to play dense and pretend otherwise is even worse. Stay classy Madlax.
