Wow... you're right it doesn't make much difference - but you are incorrect with your facts.
Even in your statement above you only include North Fraser (2 ptp) and Burnaby (4 ptp - but not all played Challenge Cup). At best half a dozen out of 18 ptp players played challenge cup.
I was just illustrating my point. There are transfer rules in all high school sport and in our country's beloved minor hockey programs that was held up as a model of comparison in the BCSPL's EA Sport Sponsorship announcement. The point is if the league intends on being viable for teams in all...
Mountain United has posted their BCSPL rosters now. The U16 Boys team has 14 provincial players on the team. What a joke.
This will destroy the league - it will defeat the purpose for creating it in the first place.
In high school sports there a rules that determine who can play where...
I'm not sure it is a waste of time - I think changes need to be made to be ever moving forward. Seriously, have you seen our world rankings?
I agree, perhaps whole sale changes were not necessary. I don't buy the argument about it being too costly. Yes, it is expensive, but I don't mind...
I would agree and didn't mean to imply that the stacking is intentional... I don't doubt that some clubs or coaches would recruit, but from my understanding this is happening more from a player's initiative. Who wouldn't want to play with their friends, especially if they are all provincial...
If the BCSPL's object is to provide, a new level of elite soccer for youth and improved player development, will the practice of 'stacking' teams, in the end, lead to the destruction of the league and it's objectives?
I have heard, both here on TTP and in discussion with those that would...