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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you make of all these new teams starting. We’ve seen quite a few pop up. Where are all these teams finding girls and do you worry it will dilute teams and overall lower the level of competition in the area?  [/quote]

This is not a new phenomenon. It’s daddy ball — little Larla’s not getting the playing time they want so they start their own team. Yeah, it’s definitely diluting things. But the good organizations are still there.

The newer phenomenon is the franchise model. These are national organizations trying to expand. Glory is one of them. Beverly Bandits and Batbusters are trying. Mizuno is trying to franchise. The newest one in Virginia is called Ruthless, which trades on its association with Crystal Bustos, who played for Team USA in three Olympics. The Virginia team (10U) is going to be based in Mineral; I have no idea how good it will be.

As I mentioned, sometimes these teams draw talent. But whether they can develop players remains to be seen. Because while Ruthless is affiliated with Crystal Bustos, Ruthless now has teams in 8 states - I promise Crystal isn’t coaching all of them! And just being an Olympic player doesn’t necessarily mean one is a good coach!

But yes, there has been a lot of dilution in the last decade or so. Other than it hurts rec programs, I don’t know if that’s a terrible thing — let’s grow this sport. There should be room for girls who want to play at all levels.[/quote]

I should add that I would like to see more boys get into fastpitch. That’s a thing in the rest of the world. [/quote]

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