DD...if the rules are believed to be the rules then the answer is they can apply but no guarantee
Dhunter... I have already heard elite player parents say that they still have access to premier league thanks to the palmetto team... The implication being that the elite team players are "better"....but when the rule was changed this past summer to IMO help those clubs to maintain their spots in PL due to their better teams participating in ECNL it left open this problem.... That is how CESA was able to place their B teams which had not even made the final 4 in the premier league... A slap across the face of all the players that came in 3rd or 4th spot last year
The old rule at least provided the players that earned it the ability to make their team (no guarantee except for 50%)
It s a shame that many of these players that worked their tails off wil most likely not be given the opportunity
SCYSA is being manipulated by the two largest clubs to fit their needs, end of story ... All other clubs are there to develop players for the two largest clubs... Simple as that, just look at the rosters and where the players cae from in the formative years
