Coach P: I take it in the same way -- that it's an attempt to eliminate guesting as a mechanism for recruiting.
Of course, as most things like this do, it will actually have the opposite effect. It basically boils down to "the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and kids have fewer choices." While I like the fact that it's probably going to make CESA more attractive, I dislike anything that has kids getting the short end of the stick.
Why does this help clubs like CESA? I can remember a year ago when several kids who wanted the exposure asked to guest on some CESA teams at Disney. These kids didn't transfer from their existing Columbia-based clubs, either then or the next year. The kids got something out of the guesting
If I had any influence at CESA, what I'd recommend is that they immediately stop allowing kids to guest from other clubs except at end of season events -- and even then to consider not doing it. That in essence is a "recruiting" move in and of itself; it's saying that these kids that want to play in front of Anson Dorrance or Robbie Church can either join CESA or forget it.
Before, you had kids that "used" CESA to get more exposure and you had CESA trying to put its best face forward to show these kids how great a place CESA was. But there was no quid pro quo -- my guess is that most of the time these kids walked away and never joined CESA and that was the end of it. Now, the SCYSA is in essence mitigating the motivation from CESA (or any other big club which can get into the absolute best tournaments) to allow guesting.
