hear lockport is making kids only play for their hs team in the summer.say it aint so joe!1--it can get stale playing with hs guys only 2---takes away from kids the ability to learn from as many coaches they can 3--surround yourself with great players and that will elevate your own play 4--your hs team probably will not be asked to play at a national and if you can probably will be eliminated quickly 5--if i am a sr. pitcher i really do not want to be mowing down pale face soon to be jr's;or if i am a sr. hitter the opposite applies.a kid should alwys play up to his potential and not down to the competition.these are just some of the problems of forcing a kid to play hs only 6--i can see the lawsuits coming,ex. what if a blue chipper says he is going to do what he thinks is the best interests of his development and plays travel and say a hs coach takes takes vindictive action against him,for ex. soory kid you did not make the team or sits him or just messes with him and the loss of scholarship occurs then expect the school or coaches responsible to be sued.i am sure their are people in the field that would be supeona to testify about a kid abilities or maybe they would voluntar 7--loss of exposure,loss of exposure,loss of exposure! should i go on with other pitfuls of doing this. also i have heard and not sure it is true that ihsa is going to extend the summer season into aug. to put the squeeze on travel teams,also we are being blamed for sore arms.right when you think il. baseball has evovled to compete national from having the ability to train year round and thje benefits of playing travel ball that plays by far the best competition ,this could set il. baseball back 20 years.please i would like to hear responses.
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