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[quote=Anonymous]The traditional MadLax model has been to have a Capital team, which includes its best local players and plays in HoCo (through 8th grade) and a strong slate of fall and summer tournaments, and then a National team on top of that.  The National team typically consists of 75% to 95% of the Capital team, supplemented by strong players from around the country.  Those players come from MadLax partner programs in Texas and elsewhere, plus they will take a good player from anywhere.  The National teams play in a certain number of elite tournaments each year.  Obviously they need to push aside some of their Capital players in order to make room, which upsets those families, but Madlax has never cared about ruffling the feathers of players they consider weaker.  
Having the National teams used to be a differentiator in favor of Madlax, because a good player could have a place on both a good local team AND a National team.
But the model has come under strain in the past few years, especially the last year, because other programs are now beating them at their own game and offering National opportunities in addition to their regular program. MoJo is the Next Level offering, which consists of the best NL players, plus good outsiders that they have pulled in, including players they are stealing from MadLax.  True has National and Regional teams, plus there are purely National Teams like Red Hots, Mad Dogs, Team 18, Nationals LC, and many others.  They are diluting the talent so much that it is hard to know which, if any, are the "super elite" teams that they set out to be.
Meanwhile, MadLax has been losing players at a steady clip from most of its National teams, which as noted above, are at least 75% of its National team rosters.  The crumbling of its 2024, 2026, and 2028 teams are well known.  Rumors and complaints about daddy ball have been flying for years about 2027 and 2029.  Those teams remain intact as best I know, but they could crumble too at any time. The 2027 team has been propped up with out of town players for awhile, and keeping the 2024, 26, and 28 teams going will depend heavily on out of town players as well. In other words, the pools of local and national players have merged into one, and in some classes, they are scrambling to field just one team from the combined pools.
So, I understand why Madlax has announced the Supreme team, as a means to keep up with the national trend of National teams.  But for their sake I hope they are focusing recruiting efforts on maintaining their regular teams, and my guess is that Supreme will exist only on paper and never be a real team in the flesh.
The good news for Madlax is that CM is a good businessman, and lacrosse families are generally insecure about missing opportunities, and generally have a lot of disposable income.  So it may look like a mess, but the landscape remains ripe to make $$ and Madlax will be fine.
None of this is meant as bashing - just my best and honest observations.[/quote]

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