Sounds like someone has a axe to grindSorry, I can’t resist.
I’d love to see Bink’s answer to this question.
What say you Kangaroo Court on switching teams prior to the end of the season?
Misdemeanor, Death Penalty, or "who cares"?
Different rulings for:
"Player" who leaves?
"Coach" who takes player in?
As much as I agree on the commitment piece; it’s tough when they see their favorite college players do it too (fall into spring) or flat out quit before season ends to play for a different college. Sure there may be legit reasons like being closer to family, but in the end parents and players MUST do the research on the coach and team. Then again maybe commitment is something of the past like discipline (yeah I’m old school)
I certainly agree with performing your due diligence on the team and coach, but it simply isn't as easy as it sounds. Once you have been around travel for awhile, you tend to know pretty much everything about all the org's and who the respectable coaches are. If you are new to travel, then not so much. I remember how hard it was to gather information about teams when my oldest was new in 10U. It was literally a crap shoot. Even this site is practically no help in that matter. What happens when someone tries to post a negative (but warranted) experience with a particular org on this site????? Anyone remember the moderator that would delete threads just because he didn't agree with them? You can't get useful information out to the people that need it if it gets suppressed on here.As much as I agree on the commitment piece; it’s tough when they see their favorite college players do it too (fall into spring) or flat out quit before season ends to play for a different college. Sure there may be legit reasons like being closer to family, but in the end parents and players MUST do the research on the coach and team. Then again maybe commitment is something of the past like discipline (yeah I’m old school)
I'm rather old school on the commitment/discipline thing as well. But there are many other opportunities in my kid's life to learn those lessons. For example, I would never let me kid quit her rec or school teams. For some reason I've come to see travel ball as a unique situation...maybe its the money, I honestly don't know.
And I don't understand why it seems so many college girls change teams. But this year I noticed the commentators saying things like "she played for so-and-so last year." What is driving this? What are the rules regarding when you can play as a transfer?