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Word is High School Seniors who just graduated is eligible to play in this league. I would think that this would weaken what's a pretty talented College league. Why would college players who earned a spot on a college roster want to play with high school players. I could only think college coaches wouldn't want their players playing down.
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Being eligible and actually being on a roster are two different things. Are there any high school kids on a roster?

That said, there are high school players as talented as most any college player. In the lower levels of professional baseball there are many former college players playing with recent high school grads. Not sure if anyone looks at it as "playing down". This fall graduated high school kids will be on college teams. Others will sign pro contracts.

So if the player is mature enough and talented enough, he could fit in. Truth is that most of the talented high school players are playing elsewhere in the summer.
I agree that there are high school kids talented enough to play with college level players. The professional argument doesn't apply to this topic. Watered-Down is more than the high schooler talent level. Simply put I read PGCBL as "Perfect Game COLLEGE Baseball League". If players have yet to step foot on a campus, endure classroom work and eligibility and are allowed to be eligible to play then the league name should change and not be a COLLEGE league.
Pretty parochial view of talent levels. Did Bryce Harper (yes, an extreme example) have the talent to play with college players when he was in HS -- yes, considering he graduated early just for that purpose. And, he did play fairly well in JC.

Many summer collegiate leagues have provisions allowing a limited number of talented rising college freshman to play in the league. Every team is trying to win. No team will sacrifice winning and instead play inferior players.

I know it may be a blow to college players egos to strike out to a rising freshman; or have a rising freshman jack one against a college player; but in the end the best players will earn playing time.
I guess my comments aren't clear as the only focus is on projected talent levels, egos, etc. You can't be a rising College Freshman if you aren't in College. I don't think the concept is right or wrong. If the name of the league is Perfect Game COLLEGE Baseball League shouldn't you have to actually be in college. If the answer is no then the name of the league should be Perfect Game Summer Baseball League and be like any other amateur league or Sunset league.
Actually it is called the PGCBL because the individual organizations wanted to call it that.

Everywhere someone looks they will see this league listed as one of the collegiate summer leagues. The teams came from the NYCBL and are loacted in some great baseball towns. Some of the teams have an outstanding history and have been involved with collegiate summer leagues for a very long time.

The bylaws that were set up by the organizations include the following...

Players must be college players with eligibility left with the exception of two players on each roster. It looks like there are three exceptions on the 8 rosters. So of the 240 players in the league, 237 are current college players.

Personally, I don't care what the league is called, but it is a summer collegiate league.

collegesummer baseball.net

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