PDad wrote:MavFan wrote:Interesting what I found on the Team NJ website today.......
PGF / Premier Girls Fastpitch Qualifier & Tournaments
http://www.premiergirlsfastpitch.com/ 18U & 16U National Qualifier
June 21-23
Edison NJ
14U & 12U
TBD
PGF Northeast Nationals
Dates & Location TBD
Word out of the Midwest is PGF has set up 7 regions and each one will be holding a regional tourney the same time as the National in SoCal. The Midwest one will be held in Chicago.
Stuff is leaking out like classified info from the Obama White House. When will PGF formally announce their plans for this year?
PDad, what is your opinion as to why you would hold these events? I would totally understand if the qualifiers were filling up and you were turning teams away, but that isn't the case, in most areas of the country.
Add to that the additional 64 teams that will be going to the Platinum event, and the 72 spots at ASA Gold, what will the level of competition be?
What is the incentive for my team, in NW Houston, to go to a PGF regional tournament in Dallas for a week, to play the same teams, minus the ones that qualified (PGF, Platinum, ASA Gold), that I would have played at the PGF qualifiers and the ASA qualifiers? Hopefully they will look at the expenses and reduce it from a week to maybe 4 days from Thursday to Sunday.
I guess if I have a Maserati product (PGF nationals), and I was trying to sell more Maseratis (get the best teams from all areas to qualify for my PGF nationals), why would I bring a Honda to my demo (Teams that couldn't qualify for PGF, Platinum, or ASA Gold)?