Sftbll4ever wrote:rukidding wrote:It appears so and becasue they are not part of the SoCal club they are ignored. this IMHO is what hurts PGF. They are selective which is their right but dont turn around and say they are only after the best when some of the best are simply ignored for whatever reason and lesser teams receive invites.
But you are ok that ASA does this too? Every year in all divisions except for Gold, they add teams only from their area to fill up space even though they have about 100 teams. I've seen some of those teams play at Nationals and they would be "B" teams at best. They do this every year and have been for at least the 9 years that we've been around "A" travel.
PGF really does need to stop with all the invites, but they are just getting off the ground. Only their 3rd show and doing pretty good at it too. I'm sure PGF is working on what their next steps will be to remove this issue of handing down berths, but can you honestly say that about ASA?
Again agreed but ASA and it's proponents are going around beating their chests about how it's the best of the best either are they? That's what PGF is supposed to be all about and they are supposed to be doing a much greater job than ASA according to all of the hype but in fact, according to your debate they really arent any different than ASA.
My dd's team will be at PGF so I am happy with it. It is close to home which is the number one factor. Its not the weather (cuz anywhere in the USA is better than Az in July/August), its not the competiton cuz I am sure we wont go very far,, its not the recruiters cuz we are only 14u and its not the sightseeing.