That is just absurd that players from LI will be on a New England team.
It's one thing to tryout for another region if you could not make the tryouts. However, to tryout for LI - not make it and then go to another region is absurd. UA just lost all credibility in their already tainted tryout process.
Maybe that's why LIers went elsewhere, to avoid the tainted process that we know exists in our region.
I can't answer for UA. I also don't know why you're so hot under the collar about this. UA has farmed out their tryouts in such a way that they became incredibly political, so it's not like they're all that concerned about who tries out where. It's a money maker, remember.
As for why a commit would go, really? Perhaps so she can put UA All-American on her resume. It's a huge coup to make it.
How can UA allow kids to tryout in multiple regions? It is against their own rules? What are we teaching our kids - you did not make the LI team, so let's tryout again for another region and hopefully you will make a different team.
Lastly, why would a girl who is already committed to college go to another region?
Not sure it is a huge coup when it is highly politicized and tainted in the selection process. If it was a fair tryout- which we all know will never happen- then it is a huge coup. For now, it is a resume stat that you pay a lot of money to attend.
What was not fair about the tryout?
Did the coaches select a large number of girls who play for their high school or club teams?
Who were the evaluators?
Were all of the evaluators from the same club?
Did the evaluators select a large number of girls from their high school or club teams?
Were there any girls who made the team who have no high school or club affiliation with the coaches or evaluators?
I watched the final game of the tryouts and the level of play was very high. All of the 40 plus girls on the field could have been selected.
I think the process was fair. It is unfortunate that their is only one team from Long Island. Maybe UA will consider two teams in the future, one Nassau and one Suffolk.
Sounds like sour grapes to me when you say the process was political, tainted and unfair.
Congratulations and good luck to the girls who made the team.
