So does that mean that 2020 Crush players born after May 2002 (8th graders) who never played for 2021 - will now be 2021 players for this tournament. How does that make sense? They are not hold backs - not part of the team?!
Also, for teams that don't qualify do their top player become free agents to play for a team that qualified - as long as they are within 100 miles. How does that make sense.
With the rule changes, yes. Removing the 2021 requirement now qualifies 8th grade players born after 5/2002. And requiring players to only play 2 tourneys with the team and not necessarily a qualifier, makes free agency possible.
The WSYL seems to be getting away from what it was supposed to be as expressed by a few posts above. Next year rules may change again to solve another problem for the sponsoring team.
