My son is close to wrapping up his 2nd season in the NWL, playing 2000 miles from home. In June he drove straight from school, arriving at 2am on a Sunday morning and playing in the game that afternoon. By my calculation he has played 40 games in 46 days. The recent few days were amazing - after playing into the evening on Tuesday, they drove for 11 hours and played Wednesday a split double header - first game in the afternoon at home followed by a 2 hour bus ride and game number 2 (both 9 inning games). He loves it and is very appreciative of how fortunate he is - he can never understand his teammates who complain about the food, the lodging, the travel - too him it's all good (I think he's listened to the old man telling him it beats working!). These summer leagues have been a great experience for him - among other things he's enjoyed success and received a lot of PT when that has not been the case at school.