slapperdad wrote:insoftballnut wrote:slapperdad wrote:insoftballnut wrote:''The ASA youth program, also known as the Junior Olympic program
Could you point me to the olympic program?
sure slapper, I thought a man of your softball knowledge knew these simple things.
http://www.asasoftball.com/youth/
I'm well aware of the JO program, in fact you copied and pasted ASA's propaganda in an earlier post. I was merely pointing out that if there's a junior olympic program, there must be an olympic program right, point us to that.
Look, here's the deal, you, your DD, your DD's team, obviously play ASA. Congratulations, I think I speak for the whole board when I say, we're proud of you. But to belittle other teams for doing other things is ridiculous. This whole ASA isn't for everyone is like having beets on a salad bar, it's just stupid. Why do you so enjoy taking shots at Dailyjoy? Because she's a girl? Because in your opinion she's ignorant as to the workings of the Softball world as you see it? She's an easy mark for a bully?
Let me lay a few things out for you about Dailyjoy:
Yea, she's new to Softball, but she's a pretty quick study. No different than anyone else she's trying to figure out what the best thing to do for her DD is.
She's bright, articulate, and not afraid to say, I don't know, can you help me out?
Maybe there are issues that you have NO idea about as to why they just don't want to go to Moline. Maybe several key players can't go, thus rendering the team uncompetitive. Maybe they have to deal with a bunch of doucebag parents, much like many on this thread, and they just don't see the need of spending a week away from home when the wheels are going to fall off.
The best part of all this, what if she's a single woman doing this for a kid who's not even her DD? Her time, her money, her efforts, just to do the right thing for a kid who just wants to play ball.
Do me a favor insoftballnut, when you get back from Moline, can you give us a report on how many college offers were extended......and accepted.
SLAPPER thats a intresting point you have.
Your missing what i'm trying to help some on here realize as to wich of the 3 tournament were more important.
You know as well as I know that at the 12u level there will be "NO'' college coaches there scouting, stop trying to be superman here with that big of a sarcastic comment trying to make me the fool. But there might be some High School coaches, [ just kidding on that one,lol].
Your pointing out alot of maybes of douchbag parents and other things,, the point is that everyone involved in travel ball should know the expense involved and be prepared with fundraisers , car pooling, or friend & family sponsors , if i offended her in any way, i deeply apologize.
As far as playing an ASA,PGF,NSA,USSA tournaments that would entirely be there personal choice.
But for a team to have the opportunity to even make the cut to go to an ASA nationals,that is the better of the 3 that were mentioned here on our discussion.
So i guess since maybe a team has figured out that they dont stand a chance in winning an ASA Nationals they might be better off going somewhere else to play, even though they made the cut. but any team that did make the cut - like i said is allready a winner because of the amount of berths given out in the State of Indiana.
So the bottom line is that if a team had the chance to go but cant ,, then just pass the berth down, i'm sure Cindy will find another team wanting to go.
As far as bellittleing [ i bet i spelled that one wrong], that was not my intentions at all,, I though it was a little constructive criticism to get to the point.
And i dont think at all the ASA program offers any propaganda sites to read as you stated.
Like I said and I stick to it,,,,,ASA not for everyone