AAU age group tournament out of control

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Its all a business and if you understand how things work you can work around that way.
The top clubs will get top players over attracting them with no costs. Clubs still have costs so they need more kids who pay to cover those costs so you have "b" and "c" teams to pay for the "a" teams. Teams will have older kids playing so those teams can win and look good to attract "paying kids"
I saw what should be a 9th grader this past weekend playing on a 7th grade team because they are double reclass and it's allowed.
Just find a decent program (plenty around) with strong coaches who want to develop the kids and have your kid do skills work and they will be fine.

Top clubs have sponsorship money from Nike or UnderArmor. In our experience, this sponsorship money wss plenty to play team costs plus some left over to defray B team costs.

The number of teams that actually get sponsorship money is very small. I've talked to clubs who you would expect to have money and they weren't getting any. More likely to get gear (backpacks, jerseys, etc.) than actually get money. That percentage is very low.
These teams rely on their "b" and "c " teams to support the program since most kids on the "A" team don't have to pay dues to attract them.