Bear... you are wrong.
According to the state.
No tryout, no evaluation, I am an unpaid free parent coach and as long as the club has a rec policy returning players to the same team (thus the no roster change and I am not coaching more than 10 @ 6v6) = REC
State also says a rec team can play in an academy division and still be classified as Rec.
FYI
All from C. Ballentine, all asked by me at the low country state meeting.
Ok... I am not the average parent coach.
2 soccer boards
20years coaching exp.
36 years playing (still play in the Chas. Battery league)
I understand the process probably better than anyone
10 excited little players that come back year after year willing to have fun while learning the game of soccer.