Whether you are the top program in Florida, Georgia, or Texas, you will have a tough time placing your players in the PAC 10 or even D3 California schools. Of course, the top couple of players in the state could go to California but pretty well everyone else is out of luck. Add that Premier favoritism to California teams: (1) a majority of automatic two year bids went to California teams, (2) last years tournament seemed to give California teams many "buys" and favorable brackets. (3) umpires who constantly chatted with California team coaches. Premier claims that we are no giving automatic bids to the teams who finish in the top of the 2010 and 2011 tourneys. Well because those tournaments were based upon automatic bids, given to mostly California teams, the 2012 bids are biased. And, every single year the tournament will be held in California.
So, I believe that it is in the interest of non California teams to play ASA. 2/3 years the tournament will be outside of that state. You are more likely to have college coaches receptive to your programs. ASA has been balanced to bring the best teams from the entire country. Who would have predicted Illinois team top finishes in the Colorado Boulder tournaments?
Of course, if you want to play both, that is an ideal situation. But if you only can play one, if you are an non California team, I would say ASA is the best route in the long run. There is a lot of buzz about Premier but if non California teams turn their back on ASA they are playing right into the hand of the interests of the California teams.
ASA needs to get Versus to televise the final 3 games in the tournament to compete with the Premiere Espn deal.