Ok, I'm still new to this whole HS Baseball thing myself but my hope is that by this time next year maybe Lone Star and BBI Premier could combined or play a couple of round robin events.
That said, the BBI Premier League is "elite" and doesn't lend itself to growing the talent level of the whole area. It seems they have compounded the problem.
The recent history of 4A and 5A state champions tells me that DFW Baseball Powers that be aren't getting the job done.
But maybe they are, is the goal scholarships and being drafted?
Maybe more kids and get scholarships and looks if the area won more HS games / playoffs and ChampionshipS.
Should more players from individual high schools play together?
I dont' know the answers or even the right questions to ask.
Should those premier teams carry less players on the rosters so more talent is available to form other "premier teams" or should the parent step back and understand that it is better to have their son on a team with a larger roster 15,16,17, and play with the best or not?
I have recent experiences that tell me the answer can be both or either. My kid needed reps last year after coming off a broken foot, we switched teams at the end of the year and guested with two other clubs, he got 60 more ABs and started 5 more games. This year he ended up on a BBI League team ( not Premier) that promised a lot of reps up in the end they had 17 boys on the roster. We left that team after two weeks, we were forunate enough to end up with a great club but he is at the end of the roster and hopes to play his way into more playing time. He already has moved up the rotation.
Iron sharpens iron.
I do know that there is a big difference between the talent that plays in the BBI League and the BBI Premier League from what I watched this year.
The talent in the Lone Star league is good, better than the BBI League but so far it seems to be a draw against the BBI Premier league teams.
But DBGM does have some wins and tourny records that seem to be evidence to his case.
The problem is that there are still so many boys that want to play ball and not enough "premier" league teams to play on.
Those boys are the ones that fill-out the 4A and 5A rosters. They have to play somewhere and hope they can develop. Not all area HS team rosters are filled with premier / lone star players.
JMHO