I haven't weighed in on this so far, but I've been following the discussions on here and on the HeyBucket site. What I find most amusing is that on HB they keep referring to the winner of this showcase being a "national champion". What I also find amusing is so far they have made no mention of what rule set they plan to use for the tournament. Even more amusing is that I can imagine all the mommies and daddies licking their chops at the prospect of seeing their DD's on ESPN, in prime time no less, undoubtedly breaking all television ratings to see these "national champions" being crowned.
Finally, while they have mentioned that they would pay umpires twice the going rate to work games in their showcase, I for one, given the choice, would rather have the honor of being chosen to work the Gold. I know that's easy for me to say, knowing the I never will have to make that choice, but hey, it sounds good.
