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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]With partial boys and girls DA, without any DA, or with full DA, the # of travel players ASA serves is all going to be very simila[/b]r.  It is built into the planning and budget.  There will be more practices now with the coming full DA and future split age groups, and on premium field resources, then in the past, and this is the future FBOFW.  Anyone saying otherwise is lieing to you.  The lower travel, ADP, and rec players will be impacted.[/quote]

For the sake of an honest conversation, let's stick to the facts. This is not a debate class.

5 teams x4 practices = 20 practices a week.

No amount of debate changes that.

7 teams x 3 practices = 21 practices a week.

No amount of debate changes that. [/quote]

No, U13 - U19

[b]With Full DA[/b]
5 teams 4x/week = 20 practices, 30 hours
16 teams 3x/week  = 48 practices 72 hours
Total practices/week = 68
Total teams = 21
[b]Total hours = 102/week[/b]

[b]Without DA[/b]
Total Teams = 23
Total Practices/week = 69
[b]Total Hours/week = 103[/b]

A full DA program will have robbed a grand total of 1 whole hour per week across all DA eligible age groups. [/quote]

No one is arguing the basic math, but I think your basic assumption about the number of teams is wrong, for a couple of reasons.  First, why would Arlington drop a team in the combined age group?   For next year we are talking 04-03, which will be the U16/17 age group in DA in the 2019-20 season.  Currently, on the boys side Arlington has four 04 teams (DA + Red-Blue-White), and three 03 teams (Red-Blue-White).  When they take the best of the 04DA and 03Red teams to make the 04/03 DA team, what happens to the rest of those players?  Most of the ones who don't make the cut will be 04s, but the club won't want to lose them because they'll need them to move back up to the DA team during their U17 year.  So they'll move them to 04 Red, push some Red to White, and some White to Blue.  So you're saying on top of all this they're going to drop the Blue team entirely?  Sorry but I just don't see any reason why they would do that.  So at a minimum you would have 6 travel teams in the 04 and 03 age groups, the same number as there are U16 & U17 teams now.

The second factor you are missing is the number of players who will come or stay at Arlington just because of the DA.  For example, the boys 04 team only has 3 of its 18 players who are actually from Arlington.   If the 03s get DA status (again) next year, they will attract more players to the program.  Beyond a doubt not all of the existing 03 Red players will make the 03/04 DA team.  So what will they do if they have enough paying players to fill the DA plus Red-White-Blue travel teams next year?  Turn them away?  I don't think so.  More likely they will end up with one U16-17 DA team, and then Red-White-Blue in both age groups.

A look at the existing age groups shows that the effect of the DA has been to add another team above and on top of the existing travel structure, rather than replace one.  The boys U12s have DA + 5 travel teams.  U13s are DA + 4.  U14s and U15s are each DA + 3.  They don't go down to 3 teams until after the DA ages.  For the girls in the DA age groups (U13-U15) it is DA + 3, then it drops to 2 teams at the non-DA ages.

Bottom line is that getting DA status grows a travel program, it doesn't shrink it.[/quote]

A DA program attracts more talented players but it does not mean the actual number of teams will increase. [/quote]

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