The decision was made by CESA a few years back to not play the younger State Cup ages, and they got MPSC to follow along (imagine that).
One theory is, it's easy to charge parents money when there is no measuring stick of success. This way you have more younger teams ($$$) to support the higher cost of coaching the older teams. Really the Academy teams are money makers for the rest of the club. This is all done under "development".
