I think its tough situation for you.. I get it, if one of the reasons your family joined your team was the fact that they would play local this summer and all of a sudden, boom, the schedule gets switched.. That sucks.Some Orgs. heads are informing/dictating to their coaches to not enter any PGF events. Of course money is involved. Some coaches had already signed up and paid for tourneys prior to be told how to run their team. The teams will probably be suffering a restocking fee. LOL. Thoughts on this situation?
Why would you force teams/parents/coaches/players to accrue the cost of travelling (have you seen the cost of airfare/car rental/gas?) when they could play very competitive tourneys/showcases in their own backyard? TB is expensive enough already and this type of policy is just going to make TB less accessible to more families. I guess the worse part is that the policy was not made clear to coaches and families until after teams were formed.
Most of these Orgs. are 501b non profits.
Time to find a different Org.? I personally am hoping for a major backfire with coaches/teams leaving the dictatorships for freedom.
But it's a two way street, think of the opportunities of the rest of the country to play closer to their own home with Alliance Top Club, Sparkler, IDT, etc. PGF is only one tournament. Most teams are going to hit the road, at least DD's teams always have.
I totally agree, summer travel is pretty darn expensive per week, that's for sure!