>>[Always Right] Why would someone want to drive an hour and a half to practice?<<
No one would ***want*** to drive 90+ minutes to practice (see the "quasi-Swiftian" reference which is just a veiled reference to the Irish solution Swift sardonically proposed for increasing protein in the English diet.)
>>Can't you get enough good players in your own area?<<
No. In smaller towns there is a lack of critical mass; in larger towns quite often there is a balkanization of clubs.
>> We do at CESA!<<
CESA has many absolutely great Greenville players; however, CESA draws players from a very wide geographic area. For example, 1/4 of last year's U16G Premier team lived 90+ miles away. I could be wrong, but I believe that no player on the current CESA U18G Premier team lives in Greenville. At CESA Columbia practices, I've seen boys and girls from Rock Hill, Charleston/Mount Pleasant/Summerville, Aiken/Augusta -- and of course Columbia and its smaller surrounding cities. CESA seems to be drawing increasing numbers of players from not only Spartanburg, Clemson, Greenwood, Moore, Travelers Rest, etc. but also from Columbia, Charlotte, Aiken/Augusta, Ashville -- and even from Charleston.
