USTSA WINTER TOURNAMENT IN TEMECULA

[SOFTBALL TAXI]

THE FORMAT FOR THIS TOURNAMENT WAS ONE OF THE WORST I HAVE SEEN.
POOL PLAY WITH THE CHANCE OF BEING ELIMINATED BEFORE BRACKET PLAY.
(WE DID NOT GET ELIMINATED)
IT SEEMED THAT THE OTHER TEAMS HAD THE SAME OPINION

[sprtsbimbo]

who hosted it?

[SOFTBALL TAXI]

Strike Force
I dont think they had any thing to do with the format.

[Mom2softball]

Bracket play was NOT well thought out. In getting a 5 game guarantee everyone except the winner got a consolation game (in most pools there were 1-3 teams didn't even get to participate in ANY bracket play & just got 2 consolation games, with many leaving cuz "why bother"). In travelball tournaments are a place to compete, take the girls to the next level, not to play consolation games (that's what friendlies (at a 1/4 of the price) are for).

I did notice that a team was added just a couple days prior. Don't know if that changed things - but the extra few hundred to screw up the bracket play and piss off 30+ teams does not seem worth it.

If they cannot run this like a proper tournament, teams aren't going to be paying that kind of money for a glorified friendly.

[hotwheels]

This tournament was hosted by California Blasters and Robert Melendez!
There you go!

[diamondmom]

but "he's been doing this for 30 years" WHATEVER!

[softballmafia]

And he has been suing and has been sued for the last 30 years as well................

[kango16]

Strike Force had nothing to do with the Tournament Format or scheduling. They only procured the high school for additional fields and ran the snack bar. Were the hamburgers bad?