Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
At the NLF event this weekend I noticed something. Why do most other programs from outsise of Long Island do well at the older levels. Our teams who historically have been dominate seem to always fall off as they get into 10th and 11th. There is one team ninety 1 that did extremely well for years and only won 1 game. They had their players there from what I could tell. Do Long Island players just stop playing together once they are committed. Most other programs continue to play together and do well.



i think you have a variety of reasons - many out of town schools are over while long island kids have finals and more important playoff games going on, maybe little to know practices so far. Also LI kids in a lot of cases have options to play summer ball with their HS team and once committed, why pay all this money to go to recruiting events you no longer need.


The out of town teams are loaded with commits and it was not just at NLF it happens at a lot of tournaments. With the expressive team and the nine t one team. All these other teams beating them when at one time they barely lost. These teams cost the same and parents spend the same. It also happens at many other events. LI Teams do great for 9th grade and then start to fall apart in 10th and 11th


Many commits on the LI teams do not play travel anymore. Particularly if they've committed in 9th or 10th grade. They play with their HS teams. They'll do 2 or 3 local tourns and that's it. I suspect with the new recruiting rules that will move things up quite a bit. As the earliest anyone will be able to commit is September of Jr year, the LI teams will stay together at least until summer between 10th and 11th. Most likely through the next summer as well, as the recruiting process is now elongated. Surely, many schools will not finish their recruiting classes until the following summer, requiring another year of travel. Guess who made out in this deal?