Belligerent,
Both CESA and Bridge U-12B teams gained valuable experience and had "successful" seasons. Saying it is "pretty clear" that they both made "wise" decisions is up for debate. The consequences of your decision basically watered-down the state U-12 league.
Consider this. If both CESA and Bridge had a pool of 20-24 competitive boys in this age group, they each could have entered two U-12B teams in the 8v8 state league. That would be four competitive teams to go along with league leaders Tega Cay and Aiken. Result would be six competitive teams in this age bracket.
Given this, how can you measure what result would be better, in order to conclude that you made a "wise" decision:
Finishing first in a competitive U-12 league or finishing sixth while playing up a year in a U-13 league?
Sounds like one could argue that it is a wash?
