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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some organizations will put your kid on a team either with too many kids (DS was put on an AAU team with 14 kids last year, and this was after they cut 60 kids at tryouts).  The competition for playing time was like lord of the flies, which is what they wanted I guess.

Or the will try to field a team when they don't have the numbers -- DS was on another team that published a tournament schedule, had practices and even cut kids and then announced 2 days before the first tournament that they didn't have enough kids and were cancelling the season.  DS's first travel game he showed up and there were 4 kids there from his team.  They played with 4 (then 3 after one kid fouled out) and got beat like 70-21.

Other teams will tell you about fees, but then charge additional fees for uniforms or for coaches' compensation at tournaments (e.g. asking parents to kick in $20 additional per player per day of tournaments).

Also, find out how many seasons the team plays and what fees are for each season.  DS played on an AAU team that divided the AAU season into spring and summer and wanted to charge fees for both.[/quote]

Our rec league has travel teams that you try out for and rec teams that everyone can play on l. What's the difference between a travel team like that and an AAU team? [/quote]

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