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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP and also a new club VB family. My DD was at the MD Jrs tournament last weekend and she was wondering the same thing:  why was the Mojo Black (travel/open) team playing against her Metro regional team? It did seem a little odd.  They had a seeding round first and then bracket play. Of course the travel teams there (Mojo, Legacy, etc) made it to the gold bracket rounds. DD did watch several games and saw the 2s teams (Paramount) or Metro regional teams win sets against those Mojo and Legacy travel teams. But it was definitely odd to see Mojo Black there when they also have a Mojo Pink regional level team that should have been there instead.

I assume Legacy as a new club is entering below their supposed division level so they can pump up their social media with medal brag photos against lower division teams. Frankly the Legacy team wasn’t that great considering all the hype on social (strong defense but weaker on offense). Same for Mojo black - opposite issue, strong hitters but weaker back row. Both are def going to get killed at the bid tournaments when they have to face other true open level teams. I guess it’s the optics.[/quote]

They just all happened to sign up for the same tournament.

Teams want to play in tournaments to get ready for the bigger tournaments.

How is this so hard to understand?[/quote]

No one, NO ONE is confused about what you just said. It's not that simple. This specific occurrence is different from what people are used to at this particular facility. When change happens, and when that change seems a bit like an unfair setup for the teams that have to play against a travel team when other teams are not, it's natural to ask why.

How is that so hard to understand?[/quote]
Our first team tournament was at MD Jrs in a mixed division. Both Paramount and Metro Travel ended up in our pool and crushed us. They ended up playing the tournament final among themselves as we were licking our wounds in the silver bracket. We met other travel teams in various other tournaments (Paramount again, MdJrs) other tournaments and our only goal was to make it into the double digits. So it is not unusual to meet travel teams in mixed divisions when they have no better tournament to go to. Every once in a while we ended up winning the gold bracket when the strong teams had better options. [/quote]

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