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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad]So if I'm hearing correctly, the argument here is that you can never have balanced games, so why even try?

Because common sense dictates you'll get more balanced games with pro/rel than you will with a fixed set of teams. Unless you do a really, really good job picking the teams in that fixed set. [/quote]

Common sense says exactly that but I’ve just posted the results of last place teams in two age groups over 34 different teams in pro/rel age groups and leagues. The reality is, such a structure did little to curb blowouts at every competitive level in the age groups.

In my cited examples the last place teams won just 10 total games over 34 teams. That is about 10 wins over roughly 306 games. There is a reason why at the professional ranks Leicester was a 5000:1 shot to win the Premier league. Promotion rarely sticks and promotion rarely leads to continued growth and development. The team centric nature can hold some kids back from changing teams because the coach wants to keep his winning team together. There is little to no vertical movement within the club and the only pyramid that is developed is parents looking over the standings to identify the specific team they should tryout for next.

This type of model simply turns players into free agents simply looking for winning teams and not quality coaches or programs.

I get that you want to reduce travel and there is enough quality teams in the region to do so but pro/rel is not the ticket for that.

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