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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The removal of division 3 has created a number of messes, IMO. The division 2 games are very lopsided, and some teams are clearly in a different league than others. Not as fun for anyone. [/quote]

Yes, I totally agree! What were they thinking? Many of the leagues had no basketball seasons and didn't have travel seasons last year. Other leagues have teams that have been playing year round with no breaks during Covid. This year more than any other year they should have had three divisions.

I don't understand why 8th grade boys has D3 and no one else does. Savvier coaches who pushed for it? 5th and 6th and 7th grade boys all should have D3. 7th grade boys D2 in particular is bad. They have teams that are really A teams (like the McLean B team with all the players who were pushed out to make room for the nova 94 kids) and some teams with kids who are almost all clearly new to travel basketball and should be playing each other in D3. 15 teams in one division is ridiculous.

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another 7th grade D2 parent here -- totally agree! Let's all write a letter to the league pushing for a return of the 3 divisions in the future (whether or not it benefits our kids is irrelevant, but this two-division system makes no sense. When my son played in division 2 as a 5th grader, there was one team that was really good but the rest were pretty even and the games were all good. This year we have had way too many blowouts.[/quote]
Blowouts are common in AAU.  Kids are getting ready for the next level.  If they don’t want to get blown out, they have to step their game up.[/quote]

But this isn’t AAU-this is a league set up with divisions (just like high school teams have divisions) and for good reason. Arlington selects a team from 500 kids at tryouts, Gum Springs has 10 show up to try out. Divisions make sense, especially in the younger grades where some teams might never have played travel but other teams have played AAU together for years. [/quote]
[b]Maybe they should get rid of the zip code requirements and some of these organizations won’t be so limited who they can pick up[/b].[/quote]

You don't understand the purpose of the league. It was set up because Fairfax doesn't have middle school sports so players could prepare for high school basketball. The teams are fielded from local recreational leagues--some are small leagues and and some are large leagues. The league wants to give as many kids as possible a chance to play more competitively *with their local teams* than rec with high school rules while also keeping competitive divisions. [/quote]

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