Usual complaints about mega-orgs (e.g. Firecrackers) are it's a money grab and diminishes franchise value of org name. I suspect there are other unintended consequences and would like to hear what others think.
I suspect it has weakened marquee teams in org since players have more options to play for a "big name" org, which:
- Reduces competition among players for spots and playing time, which in turn reduces motivation to improve.
- Makes it harder to keep players down in 14U/16U age groups since they have more options to play up.
Marquee teams still have advantage in drawing top talent by their reputation and monetary support, I just think it isn't as overwhelming as before. What do you think?
Any other unintended consequences?