by Heyall » Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:58 am
Grapettes Bilbao have a majority of players who live in the sac Metro area so they correctly registered and are competing in the Sac Metros. This is according to the rules and they are just fine.
Breeze-96s on the other hand have a majority of players in the San Joaquin (Stockton) metro area. They knew it and it's what happens when you wind up with several players from teams in a neighboring metro. At the beginning of the season, they reportedly tried to get into the Sac metro but were denied because of residency. A few weeks ago during the SJ metro board meeting, the point was raised that they were going to compete in that metro but they had not yet registered. A particular board member started a campaign against them that eventually reached the higher levels of ASA admin at which point they had completely missed the deadline to register and were not allowed in. Shortly thereafter, they appeared in the Sac Metro in spite of the rules regarding residency requirements. It's too bad because an organization with the 25 year history of Breeze has the experience to KNOW where they belong and they KNOW when monies are due but both seem to be in question this year. Apparently an org can have connections to ASA admin at higher levels and be "allowed" to circumvent the rules so as to play in a metro where they stand a better chance of winning. In the Stockton metro, they had some competition. In Sac they still do but it's a much better chance that they could win.