** Aau State Canceled**

[YOUTHCOACH16]

The Aau Pee Wee State Championships have been canceled until further notice.

[salterjd]

The Aau Pee Wee State Championships have been canceled until further notice.

 

I heard that the Pee Wee State will be rescheduled for the 22nd? Is that the case? If so, that is the same weekend as the AAU Folkstyle World Championships in Detroit. Why would we reschedule our state championship during the AAU Flagship event? Wouldn??™t you expect the best kids from Tennessee to attend this National Event? Don??™t we want our best kids to represent Tennessee at Nationals and at the state championship? Is there any other time we can do it?

[ghouse]

That certainly appears to be what everyone is planning to have happen. I think that is a mistake for several reasons.

 

1) the Detroit event

2) it caused them to cancel an event in bristol

3) it is also the same day as the NCAA wrestling championships in St. Louis and I know several coaches who have also bought tickets and booked hotels there who won't be able to attend with their kids' clubs. Heck some kids might even be going to teh NCAA's.

 

Why not re-schedule it to next weekend when there is already an AAU state event scheduled? Yes it would likely make for a longer tournament but that is certainly understandable and more than likely acceptable with the circumstances. I don't think that many reasonable coaches or parents would complain about it.

[YOUTHCOACH16]

I think that was a spur of the moment decision. We were trying to get the information out before people left to go to the weigh ins tonight. I will advise Mr.Lauderdale of this and its also spring break for most schools. The next weekend after that would be the nationals in Pigeon Forge and then the Aau duals so we are running out of weekends. Also if you push it out much further you lose a lot of kids to baseball. No matter when it is held it wont work for everyone unfortunatley. We will have to do what is best for the majority. I will post when I have more details. Thx for your input.