Let's put it in words. If these clubs were about really developing players they would start up teams in 4th or 5th grade by holding a tryout and then keep that team together till 12th with no cuts. You would need to fill holes due to loss of players, loss of interest etc.This would be about player development. Why should they do that when they can hold a tryout every year and take new players that are better than the ones they have. It's a business. It's about bragging rights and getting more players to pay to play. Many of the players on the Express college list would have played in college regardless if they played for Express or any other program. Yes Express has put together a format to maximize player development and exposure but in the end its the player not the club the college coach is recruiting.

When it comes to recruiting its silly to say a coach wouldn't want to go to a combine and see 200 players that could possibly play college ball in one weekend but travel to some high school game where there could be 2 or 3 possible college players. So they would need to travel to 65 high school games to accomplish the same thing as going to one combine.