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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For boys typically they do 2 nights and the 3rd night is for those who made the initial cut.  Roster decisions are determined by the following Saturday. There are no other places for Arlington kids to go so they don’t have to worry about poaching. That scheduled holds true yearly for 5th grade.  After 5th they play the 3rd night by ear.  One year they may only do 2 nights or they may opt to do the initial  cut and hold a 3rd night for a smaller group.[/quote]

its intersting how different the dynamics are for places where the kids have no other choices vs. the places where the coaches are haveing to compete for players. last year my ds coach sent some invites out the night after tryout 1 to try and lock in some players. and the coaches try to do their first tryout the very first night.[/quote]

Correct. Arlington (and I think Gainsville) has numerous restrictions placed on it to participate in the Fairfax league that all the other youth teams do not. Whether those restrictions would stand up to litigation would certainly be an interesting outcome.[/quote]

Litigation :lol: . Its a private sports league, they can run it how they choose. [/quote]

NCAA is a private sports league, they can run it how they choose. ..must why the NCAA has been so successful beating off all that litigation recently.

There is an argument the FYBLL is restraining the ability of consumers (i.e. youth basketball players) to participate and  play basketball for what organization they want via restrictions on who a player can play for and who they can't. (E.g. the zip code rule and Arlingtons conplete ban). The argument in support of this is to prevent recruiting and I guess Arlingtons numbers to swamp other local organizations.

Any type of restrictions on consumer choice is generally anti-competitive. Whether it rises to a restraint of trade and antitrust is up for debate.

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This is......not a winning argument. FCYBL is a non profit sports league that was set up to compensate for FCPS MS lack of official school sports to help get kids ready to play in HS. They nicely let Gainesville, Manssas Park and Arlington participate, even though Gainesville, Man Park and Arlington kids can now essentially doubledip and get school basketball teams AND FCYBL basketball teams.[/quote]

All that doesn't matter. Individual entities - the city sports groups - are acting in an anticompetitive matter. Doesn't matter if they are non-profits or because schools don't offer middle school basketball. See the anti-trust cases against the Ivy leagues and other colleges wherein they shared information on students. Whether this rises to an antitrust violation likely rests on how one defines the marketplace. You can't work as a team to be anticompetitive. Mclean as an individual actor or Falls Church or Great Falls wants to limit their players to a certain location. Certainly can do that but what they can't do is work together.

Compare FCYBL with all the other sports leagues in NOVA, NVYLL, FCYFL, etc. All grant exemptions to kids that want to play for other teams outside of their zip code. The oversite organizations will make a fuss but I've never seen an exemtion not granted.[/quote]

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