SRM wrote:I bet if you emailed or called one of the powers to be with ASA they would listen to your concerns as I did. The person I spoke with listened to all my concerns and help me see a bit from there side. I would not bash a person just because they dont get on a message board. I think PGF will actually help ASA become an even better program as everyone needs a wake up call now and then. PGF is having to build something from the ground up and ASA already has things in place at a National level they just need to make some changes. It is easy for PGF to make sudden changes on the go as their BOD only has a few people unlike ASA as they have a nation wide council. PGF needs its props as they have been building a good little program and hopefully they continue as teams need more than one place to play. I am curious if the two groups can work together as there are enough teams for both groups to be succesful.
To me anyways it seems as ASA has been listening and starting to make some changes. They placed the 18 Gold in San Diego which is a great location. The person I spoke with also stated that the ASA/USA will now be in a rotation so each year there will be one in each territory and he stated the 16U would be in the west in 2013.
I just wanted to throw in my two cents as I have watched this thread grow. To me it sounds like a good problem for the game as we the customer are going to beneift.
EzOut.EzOut wrote:Your right, it's not "trophy hunting" anymore. Now it's called "resume building". As PGF works to establish itself, everyone still is covering their bases and competing in whatever ASA events don't conflict.
Old Darter wrote:MavFan wrote:3Bsnag wrote:Spazsdad wrote:arkansassoftball wrote:The Houston Qualifier may have been weakly attended by 14U, but the 16u and 18u was loaded with strong competition, especially since ASA 16A and ASA Reg 7 Gold Qualifiers were both also going on in Tx. There were 27 teams in 16U and 36 in 18U at the Houston Premier Qualifier and the teams that Qualified are teams most people know as stronger teams.
I somewhat disagree with the level of competition at the 18 HS division in Houston. Several of the top teams in the area chose to go to the Gold qualifier in College Station. Sudden Impact, Glory Adkins, Tx Peppers, Tx Bombers, FW Batbusters, and both Houston Power teams. Those teams, in addition to Tx Impact and Tx Magic were much better than most of the teams that qualified at the PGF qualifier in Houston.
With all due respect to the Kaos team that qualified at PGF, they wouldn't have finished in the top 15 in College Station Gold qualifier.
If I were a team from Tx, and knew all the top teams were going to PGF, I'd go ASA Gold too. At least I'd stand a better chance of getting the trophy.
Battle wrote:If you was from TX, the property value would go down so please stay where you are.
cleanup77 wrote:I hope we get an answer on this question Mr. Haning, What happened to the other 2 bids from the Northeast Qualifier No. 1 14u? Only 2 were given out(to Nightmare and team from North Carolina), the field had 12 teams. I hope it's not pick and choose- I believe the tournament charged 625.00 per team-the website refuses to list the forth berths-like EVERY OTHER QUALIFIER-COME ON PASS THE BIDS TO NEXT IN LINE IN THE TOURNAMENT.
Joe wrote:Battle wrote:If you was from TX, the property value would go down so please stay where you are.
Mangling the English language tends to distract from your punch line...
cleanup77 wrote:I hope we get an answer on this question Mr. Haning, What happened to the other 2 bids from the Northeast Qualifier No. 1 14u? Only 2 were given out(to Nightmare and team from North Carolina), the field had 12 teams. I hope it's not pick and choose- I believe the tournament charged 625.00 per team-the website refuses to list the forth berths-like EVERY OTHER QUALIFIER-COME ON PASS THE BIDS TO NEXT IN LINE IN THE TOURNAMENT.