catlady
Cheer Parent
- Jun 6, 2012
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That roster rule is to generous. I believe 80% of a small team and 85% of large teams who won the bid must compete at the Summit. Anything less than that should be an automatic .25 deduction.
I'd be ok with all of that. To substitute, you just have to have competed on whatever other team of your gym that was at the same competition where the team you are coming on to competed, if I understand the rule. 10 substitutions is half of a small team!
Then you all either live in very rooted areas, have unusually committed lower level athlete parents/athletes or you don't pay much attention to the lower level rosters. I can remember when I lived in St. Louis and Southwestern Bell moved to Dallas, I lost about 25% of my High School. Stuff happens and I don't picture even Suzie's mom flying Suzie in for Yth level 1 Summit practices, different commitment levels. The crossover rules are sufficient for this level of competition IMO, lower levels have a lot more turnover than World's teams. I'll concede as the unpopular opinion.