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There are many facets to your 'theoretical' situation.I am not sure if this has been asked, but let's say we did our homework, learned all we could about teams we were interested in, narrowed it down to 2 teams. Team 1 is having a tryout this Saturday, team 2 next Saturday. Team 1 likes DD, wants a commitment in 3 days. How is it remotely fair to ask that of a girl/family? This is all hypothetical, but from how it sounds in this thread, very likely that it could happen. Are you telling me that as a coach, you would deprive this player the right to go to both tryouts and actually have a choice? What if this girl/family told you up front that she has her choices narrowed down to 2 teams, but the other tryout was not until next weekend? Would you still be that hard headed to force a decision before the next tryout? To me, this is the reason why salesmen get the bad rap they do, because they are forcing an answer and also why on large purchases there is a 3 day right of cancellation in Ohio. ;&
*If you did your homework and this is one of two teams for which your daughter wants to play, she receives the offer, why not accept? (see the grass is greener posts above)
*Which more fair? Asking the coach to wait to assemble his team or asking you and your daughter to make a decision in 3 days?
*You could always get a private tryout with the grass might be greener team within the 3 day offer period
*It might matter too if your daughter is a pitcher/catcher or position player...
*In the end the laws of supply and demand rule, if she can't decide within the time period or won't due to principle, another team will gobble her up and hopefully will make the first team pay for not allowing her more time
The important thing is that she gets on a team that makers her at least a better ball player...