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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not more knowledgeable than you are, but I did notice a few years ago that teams started calling themselves "grassroots" rather than AAU. Team Takeover being one example, I think. It was when AAU went to age-based rather than grade-based, meaning, in theory, that the holdbacks couldn't play against younger kids. You could think of the EYBL, UAA, and Uprising as the highest level of grassroots exposure basketball or travel basketball or select basketball for high-school players. AAU tournaments (including the Div. 1 national championship) still mean something in baby ball through sixth grade. I guess you know there are also elite regional leagues/circuits for eighth-graders now, too, boys and girls. But yes, AAU's brand has lost its significance for high-school players especially.[/quote]

Thanks, this makes sense.

The age thing really bugs me.  I was sitting in the stands at a tournament last summer, and a mom from the other team sat next to me and asked "are your kids playing up a year?"  When I said no, they were 15 year olds, she laughed and said "Wow --- REAL ninth graders.  Your boys are the first group of 15 year olds our boys have played in 15U."  And -  a kid I know on a 2020 circuit team told me that he was younger than all but two players on the 2021 team at the same club.  It sucks because it ripples down -- now even relatively average players like DS want to reclass so they can hope to compete.    [/quote]

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