I don't CESA thinks they 'have it all.' To the contrary, they are not satisfied and won't be until they first get a Regional title or more. Since SC is so small, the ideal situation would be to have one state high-tier club for each age/gender group, rather than strong regional (upstate, midstate,lowcountry) clubs which efficiently and effectively disperse the talent pool. All the 2nd and 3rd and 4th tier clubs could serve as massive feeders to the state club, with excellent, high-level competition among themselves in state, and maybe beyond. The state club would of course have to meet its requirements to play for the state title, but primarily would travel year round to top tournaments and other challenging friendlies. I know high level Concorde, Forsyth, and CASL teams travel to Surf and Dallas Cups on a regular basis. The 'large metro Atlanta population issue' would be countered with the fact that the state teams would draw from all of the state, making the population issue a moot point. But...no, it will not happen, and not so much because of financial-oriented issues for the DOC, but because of the DOC egos and territorial club issues.
Last edited by 2004striker; 07/12/06 12:23 AM.
