Here I go again.......

I agree with Will and I think he laid out the different examples very well. From my perspective the bottom line is this....

1. As of now the camp is mandatory. I don't think we can get it changed for this year. The impact I think is that KS numbers attending the tournament will not be as good as they could be. Will they be better than when people had to travel to New Mexico, yes. Don't let that become an argument to keep the camp requirement. I think we would have great numbers if we didn't have the camp requirement.

2. Since as of right now the camp is mandatory can someone in the governing body please provide me the answers to the following questions......

a. Can club coaches or parents attend the camp? Are we expected to send our 6,8, and 10 year olds to a week long, stay overnight camp without their parents or their coaches?

b. Who is allowed to coach the kids at the tournament? Is it only the KS team coaches that are allowed to coach or can the club coaches coach their kids?

c. Since one of the reasons for having this camp was to foster a Team Kansas concept, do the kids that attend camp and compete get a Team KS tshirt, shorts, singlet like the rest of the teams?

d. (This is a new one, not on the original post) It was stated that cost should not be an issue and that financial assistance could be given. How do I get the criteria for getting assistance and what is the process for applying for this assistance?

As the head coach of a fairly large club, I really want to maximize our participation in this and support Kansas. However, until I get these questions answered I cannot have a good discussion with the parents to inform them. Now is the time we need the information. If you wait until later this spring it will be much harder to get involvement because kids will be on to other activities. If we have the info now, we can pass it to them and they can think about it during the spring.

Governing body: I don't agree with the decision but I will try and support it until we can broach the subject again. You need to help us help you by providing us coaches and club leadership some answers to the questions above.....please.

Shawn Budke