Good to see your still out there lurking Chapindad. Missed you at the CHS games this year!
Here is one example I saw happen last year. A team made it into the PL and of course had a ton of players show up for their tryouts several of which were from outside their area or had played for other clubs. Tryouts went well and the club posted their rosters which of course had a number of "new players" from outside the area. Unfortunately, the team did not get any sort of a verbal commitment from those out of area players prior to posting the roster. By the time they found out that those players had no intention of playing for the team the damage had been done, feelings had been hurt and players had committed to other teams and clubs. The result was a team that almost didn't make and had to play brutal season in the R3PL with only 11 players.
Not saying one way or the other is right or wrong. I can understand the argument on both sides. Just throwing this out there as one reason why a team/club would want some sort of verbal commitment.
