you shouldn't assume then. I know Ian and he is a good kid and doesn't have an ego. I'm talking in the big sprectrum of things and kids with ego's. I can't blame the kids for being sold that the tournament they are asked to be in is more important than the one they are supposed to play in, i can't blame the kid for being sold on a team out of new york that talks a good game so the kids buys into the fact he's playing or going to some big time event. I blame the coaches that ask the kids, I bet that he didn't ask the kid if he was on another travel team and if that kid would have said yes..........do you think the coach would have called and asked the other coach's permission for him to play? I seen it happen a ton like you all say but very very rarely do I see the team wanting the kid calling up the coach where the kid plays and explaining the situation to him and asking to take the player for the week and doing things the right way. More often then not they lure the kid in with promises of this and that, fly them in for free, the kid plays, then they use that to try to get the kid on their team the very next year. It's wrong, if your not out there enough to notice a kid in October that you think is good then all of a sudden you find out that kid is really good but he's on XYZ team, then you go out and try to get him for your squad in the post season, it's wrong. I can understand some pitching here and there if you desperately need it late in tournaments but alot of time that's not the case. I am sure there's a ton of coaches, kids that play with these kids, etc that agree with me. Then to brag about how good you did as an organization when all you did was pick up 5 ringers to help you get far in a tournament, you didn't train, develop, work with these kids all year, you just picked them up late to help you look good and possibly win a $5 plaque.