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I'm new to travel ball, just wondering the difference between A and B nationals as far as quality and quantity of teams. Is it worth 5 days and 10 hours on the road? Thanks for the help.
Ohio NSA has required that you play in the NSA State Tournament in order to attend NSA Nationals, ad I have no idea whether that tournament has filled.
Hey cgs just curious what your thoughts are on the Midwest all sanctioned world series in Columbus? Were heading there this year, played last year and made fools of ourselves, should be different this year. Give me your honest opinion on this one.
This isn't my battle, but I need to correct some misinformation on this post. I am not the biggest fan of this requirement, but I am just the messenger on this one.
Playing the state tournament to advance is not an Ohio NSA requirement. That is a NSA by-law for all states. The only way to go directly to the NSA Worlds and by-pass the state tournament is to win an NIT for age groups 10U to 16U. Since many states do not hold 8U state tournaments, those teams can advance directly. 18U can be advanced at the discretion of the state director since the season is very short for those teams. The same with 23U as not many state directors run state tournaments.
In the past there may have been selective enforcement but being a TD for the past few years at the Worlds, teams have been told they are having there entry fee returned if it is found out they did not participate in the state tournament.
Yep, in the past the rule, which I really thought was an Ohio rule (thanks for the correction on that), has been applied unevenly. Depending on who you knew, you could get into the NSA Nationals without playing in the State tournament. It will be interesting to see how things play out now that the rule is being enforced. Do you know whether the number of Ohio teams playing NSA Nationals was up or down last year?
Actually the numbers were up in 2011 compared to 2010. I do not know what the final numbers for this year will be but I anticipate sending more teams than in 2011.
Nothing will compare to the glory days when the Worlds were at Berliner every other year as teams wanted to play a World Series with minimal travel involved. The All-Sanctions event moved right into that date and will be there as long as CRPD wants them there.