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VJBL tryouts without outside players

At our association we make our rep players play in the domestic comp so it is supported and they are truly representing the association.

So that rep players cannot get together in one team and slaughter everyone else we also incorporate a rule where you can have div 1 and 2 rep players play in a team with 2 of each and we put points on the where div1 is worth 3 and div 2 is worth 2.

That team can only have a max of 10 points so the make up could be 3 div1 and 1 div 2 or two and two or one div1 and 3 div 2 players.

This made our competition so much more competitive and it helped those players who were not rep players to learn from the rep players and in the end we did not lose players because they got sick of getting beaten badly and the rep players team kept winning comps.

Some people did not like it at the start but then once the comps became more even they actually liked the idea.

If players came from outside to play reps for us we ensisted as part of their player agreement that they MUST play local comp.

It is hard to compare with the state players as the SP players are Country Vic as is WP - Frankston & M'ton are Metro clubs and it is a lot harder to get selected for Metro teams - as it has been for many years - Taking nothing away from SP they are are running programs to improve the players and do not stop players from other clubs trying out - hence 1 x State/Aust player came in new this year. #701 if "they are being told to keep going" how can they exclude them if they still play domestic there. They still fit the criteria. My son plays at one club with his friends from his primary school and at another club with his school team - wouldn't he be qualified to at least be able to try out at both clubs? Some things do not make a lot of sense. Thought VJBL was for better level and quality of game not for numbers - seems some clubs have it right.