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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Well, since the subject came up, let's address this. AND IT APPLIES TO ALL, not just ASA and not just softball.
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Without quoting your whole post.
It appears that participation is down, no matter what affiliation the tournament is sponsored by. The economy, over saturation of 'select teams' (which may have contributed to lost interest), over saturation of tournaments have contributed to this. I think it would be fair to say that registration is down in all organizations. Over the decades, I have seen these things run in cycles. I remember back in the 80s with the emergence of 'youth soccer' many of the chicken little's were alarmed and saying that this was 'beginning of the end' to softball. 30 years later, we are still around.