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Daddy,

You only get to play in two tournaments per season. Unless you are playing in a tournament in Charlotte against a couple of darn good opponents, there is really no substitute for the Viking Cup. Great competition and an exciting atmosphere.....right off the bat.

Viking Cup will provide the champ (no pun intended) and the runner-up with five quality matches in a three-day span. That's almost too much. In Charlotte, NC teams are restricted to three games per week, maximum one game per day and no play on Sundays. The most games you can probably get out of a Charlotte tournament would be two.



Agreed. If I were the varsity coach of a good side I'd want to play VC to test my teams mettle. But I wouldn't underestimate someone who chose a different path. Playoffs are 1 game every other day? 1 game every third day?

5 games in 3 days is a different dynamic. I actualy like and prefer the Charlotte rules....

To channel my inner Chico......Viking Cup didn't develop Lexington or Wando, it revealed them. With or without VC those teams would have been in the Final 2 last year.