Can someone explain to me the difference between 18U Premier and Platinum?
Is one better or more competitive than the other?
Sorry if its been covered already.
Spazsdad wrote:Think of Premier as 18G and Platinum as 18A
AnotherDad wrote:is platinum a different qualifier than premier?
PDad wrote:AnotherDad wrote:is platinum a different qualifier than premier?
The qualifiers are usually combined with the top finisher(s) getting a Premier berth and the next finisher(s) getting Platinum. If a team qualifies for Platinum, they can still try to qualify for Premier without giving up their Platinum berth.
PDad wrote:Spazsdad wrote:Think of Premier as 18G and Platinum as 18A
True as far as ranking the divisions within each sanction.
I think Platinum further depleted 18G and many of the Platinum teams would have done well in Clearwater. Hard to imagine what 18A was like this year...
aojr03 wrote:PDad wrote:I think Platinum further depleted 18G and many of the Platinum teams would have done well in Clearwater. Hard to imagine what 18A was like this year...
Actually 18A was decent. I wasn't there but was told by my friend who was. And 18 Gold was not as deep as Premier, but the top finishers would have competed there, not win, but competed.
Once Gold got down to the final 5 or 6 it took on more of that better team feel. Just my opinion.
PDad wrote:aojr03 wrote:PDad wrote:I think Platinum further depleted 18G and many of the Platinum teams would have done well in Clearwater. Hard to imagine what 18A was like this year...
Actually 18A was decent. I wasn't there but was told by my friend who was. And 18 Gold was not as deep as Premier, but the top finishers would have competed there, not win, but competed.
Once Gold got down to the final 5 or 6 it took on more of that better team feel. Just my opinion.
Was your friend at 18A in previous years to make a comparison? I expect some teams/orgs stayed at 18A and some others moved up.
There is overlap between each of them. IMO, Platinum overlapped 18G more than 18G overlapped Premier.