- Apr 25, 2010
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Having been in Allstars since 1997, it is a huge change with all the competitions that say they are Nationals. Back in the day it was UCA or NCA. Which were also 2 different styles. UCA being more college style and NCA being very flashy. Maybe they should should only be called Nationals if they give bids to Worlds? It can be very misleading to people saying they won a National Title at a competition held in a High School Gymnasium vs. something like Cheersport. We do need to come up with proper some kind of tiering system to make things more prestigious. Coaches also use this "title" situation to help with job placement. Say a coach puts on their resume the coached a National Championship squad, but they were not against anyone compared to someone that could be a great coach but never placed higher than 3rd because of competitions they chose to attend were against 10 other squads. The outside world think the "National Championship" coach was better. We have lots of things to fix in our sport!