My kid's been with two select clubs in her life: one in the midlands and one in the upstate. When she was with the midstate club, I can remember hearing people complain about how biased the SCYSA was with respect to upstate clubs. It took me a while to see through what was being said.
I think your post was great; it gets at the heart of the grumbling that you so often hear on the fields. I enjoyed writing the "scenarios" -- one you think things through, it doesn't take a tremendous amount of insight to see through and illustrate these types of "issues" for what they really are.
