If kids are from the DMV area and switch teams I do not consider that a "Fly in". Everyone, especially at the elite level plays in Hoco, and most teams travel relatively the same distance for Tournaments (NC up to LI). It really comes down to if the kids all practice together. As long as they practice together and play together it shouldn't matter where a kid lives. I agree an actual fly in kid for a HoCo game is notIntelligent. I know families that live in MD and play for VA teams, and I know VA families that play for MD teams. So I am not sure what the big deal is. Do what's best for your kid, and what makes them happy, no one on BOTC has any idea what a certain families situation is. I'm just glad they have stopped the reclass. Kids should play with kids their own age and maturity level, especially at the MS transition years.
You’re not talking about flyins. Most teams around here have kids from all around the DMV. Flyins are thenones that True is flying in from Nevada, Illinois, and North Carolina.
Wrong forum. This is 2029.
Applies to all forums. A kid living in Leesburg playing for Next Level is not a flyin. You wasted 5 minutes of your life typing something that made absolutely zero sense
That's a red herring. I don't think anybody would argue that driving 1 hour each way to practice is (sadly) not abnormal and is do-able (somehow) for most lax families.
The discussion changes when it's 1.5 or 2 or 2.5 hours each way to practice, 3x per week during the season plus a 4th 2 hour drive (4 hour round trip) to the Hoco league game. At that point, at least 1 of these is happening: the parents are (over) dedicated to the detriment of siblings etc, the kid is missing practices, OR the kid is in an academic environment way below his capability because you're not learning all that much by studying for tests in the car @ 70mph. The most likely is the second........missing practices. And that's what the debate is about, how is it a team if random kids show up once per week plus the game, missing all the other work the team has done?
