- Mar 15, 2011
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I agree with this. I would be in favor of them implementing a cutoff date to which you can't change levels. Like maybe January 1st or so. That allow teams who may take a little longer to start clicking and maybe get a couple locals under the belt, but before most of the bigger nationals. But then again, I see that affecting those teams that have a lot of injuries. Maybe if your roster changes X% you are allowed, idk, just thinking out loud here haha.Jumping in the middle of great convo, I recalled being at a gym that was known for only bringing level 4/5 teams to NCA and that 1 year this gym was forced to lower the level 4 team to level 3... I noticed that the young athletes were so demoralized and actually this move was worse for this team and when watching these athletes the fire in their eyes and swagger in their steps were gone... They lost and lost badly too!
Tbh,
I really think for the athletes' sake switching levels early in the season or better yet, before competition season start is best. Experience Coaches should be able to determine how competitive their team will be in a level before Oct/Nov isn't that their job to know... js
Imo, the true competitive athletes want to win fairly, against other athletes/teams with similar skills!