Manhattan Tournament- Cancelled
Scorpion Bowl- Cancelled
The Manhattan tournament is in its 4 or 5th year and this is the second year in a row that the entire thing is cancelled.
The Scorpion Bowl has been on a downward decline for a number of years, perhaps related to the NEFC tournament that occurs about a month later.
Can you believe this??? It is winter and there is snow on the ground. This is an incredible physical happening. Who would have figured this to be the case?? Is this a sign of global warming, climate change..............or just the fact that it is Winter!!!!! Has global warming caused the ice caps from up north to make for harsher winters here in the south, or is everything simply getting colder?? Or.......is it Winter!!!!!!
Are clubs and parents so desperate to get their kids out in the cold playing games such that they will continue to sign up for WINTER tournaments on outdoor fields?? The only thing that is more pathetic is that the tournaments hosts do not take full responsibility and clubs lose money by either having to buy insurance and then not play, or to lose 25% because they did not buy the insurance. This does not even include plans that were made by the families to keep the weekend open and whatever necessary travel and lodging expenses were made.
Does playing a winter tournament outdoors in New England make any sense at all? If so, then what is the purpose and ultimate gain? Is it to get 3-5 more games in during the season? Is it to toughen up your kids by having them play in the cold, wet, wind, and snow? Does anyone really think that their kids will be better players by playing in a winter outdoor tournament in New England? I thought that experts were downplaying the need for more games??
Perhaps Okaroh and the Blazers have it right by playing in Disney and Arizona during the winter months. The amount of snow down in these two places is significantly less than New England during the Winter............as amazing as it might sound.
I, for one, am glad that we made no arrangements for either tournament.
Scorpion Bowl- Cancelled
The Manhattan tournament is in its 4 or 5th year and this is the second year in a row that the entire thing is cancelled.
The Scorpion Bowl has been on a downward decline for a number of years, perhaps related to the NEFC tournament that occurs about a month later.
Can you believe this??? It is winter and there is snow on the ground. This is an incredible physical happening. Who would have figured this to be the case?? Is this a sign of global warming, climate change..............or just the fact that it is Winter!!!!! Has global warming caused the ice caps from up north to make for harsher winters here in the south, or is everything simply getting colder?? Or.......is it Winter!!!!!!
Are clubs and parents so desperate to get their kids out in the cold playing games such that they will continue to sign up for WINTER tournaments on outdoor fields?? The only thing that is more pathetic is that the tournaments hosts do not take full responsibility and clubs lose money by either having to buy insurance and then not play, or to lose 25% because they did not buy the insurance. This does not even include plans that were made by the families to keep the weekend open and whatever necessary travel and lodging expenses were made.
Does playing a winter tournament outdoors in New England make any sense at all? If so, then what is the purpose and ultimate gain? Is it to get 3-5 more games in during the season? Is it to toughen up your kids by having them play in the cold, wet, wind, and snow? Does anyone really think that their kids will be better players by playing in a winter outdoor tournament in New England? I thought that experts were downplaying the need for more games??
Perhaps Okaroh and the Blazers have it right by playing in Disney and Arizona during the winter months. The amount of snow down in these two places is significantly less than New England during the Winter............as amazing as it might sound.
I, for one, am glad that we made no arrangements for either tournament.
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