@wildfire:
We are getting somewhat anxious messages from our families asking about whether we have a Thursday game and, if so, when it will be. Many employers require at least a week's notice for a vacation day. And if our parents aren't able to take a Thursday vacation day, they need to be making arrangements to get their DDs to a Thursday game with one of the other team families.
I'm still not clear on how the tournament is entitled to hold Thursday play, since the ASA Code says that play for National Qualifiers can't begin earlier than Friday. Perhaps it is another of those elusive Local Association exceptions. But the important point is that if there is going to be Thursday play, teams needs to know as early as possible when they are going to play on Thursday.
Please help us out here.