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Doubleplay8
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 Posted - 01/26/2015 : 19:46:20
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| First time poster, but I'm curious what is going on with the Atlanta Super NIT. It doesn't appear that many teams are signing up (across all ages and classifications). Is it early or are teams playing in other tournaments? |
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TODDS
153 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2015 : 22:55:39
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| Not worth the drive for teams in Atlanta area in my opinion. Triple Crown having a tourney same weekend with good competition across most ages and much closer to home. |
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offspeed4
169 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2015 : 07:50:08
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| USSSA is too hard to do business with, especially for Major teams. Georgia has so many good alternatives now with Perfect Game and Triple Crown. You need an attorney to make sure you comply with all their rules. If you look at their rule section, you will see that their rule change section is greater than the whole rule section of the other sanctions. USSSA does a good job for A and AA teams, but I suggest if you are AAA level or greater and live in metro Atlanta, then I would consider building my schedule around PG, Triple Crown and independent tournaments. |
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bballguy
224 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2015 : 09:13:28
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| It has progressively gotten worse year after year. Horrible fields, horrible traffic, cold and not worth the money imo!!! Glad to see people taking their money and their teams elsewhere! |
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offspeed4
169 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2015 : 08:46:51
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| The Super NIT will fill up. The reason why not many teams are listed is because they make you pay before a team can be listed in this tournament. |
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hshuler
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Posted - 01/29/2015 : 11:55:51
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| Offspeed - I am not sure because of how many teams have already committed to TC that same weekend. |
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misfits
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Posted - 01/30/2015 : 22:48:02
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| I've been wondering the same thing about the USSSA tournaments not many major teAms have registered for this seadon however it appears that triple crown is catering to the D2 and D3 teams this year. I guess we'll have to wait and see how everthing shakes out. |
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hangwiffem
69 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2015 : 16:21:33
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| Are there any other good alternatives that will "make" that weekend? Looking for something in the 8U KP division....No one has signed up for the TC event that weekend either. Only 5 have signed up for NIT. |
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Doubleplay8
2 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2015 : 10:00:47
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| As of today there are a total of 77 teams signed up 9AA through 14 Major. Last year they had 572 teams. With a little over 3 weeks until schedules are released, I'm starting to wonder if they will get 200 teams total? |
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Sweetspot
10 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2015 : 11:34:26
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| Is there any reason to register a team with USSSA if there are no plans to play in any USSSA tournaments? In my opinion, the USSSA tournament product has declined and been eclipsed by Triple Crown and other options in metro Atlanta. |
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whits23
596 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2015 : 20:13:58
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| usssa is the next aau...remember them RIP |
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watchingbaseball
1492 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2015 : 05:11:58
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Originally posted by Doubleplay8
As of today there are a total of 77 teams signed up 9AA through 14 Major. Last year they had 572 teams. With a little over 3 weeks until schedules are released, I'm starting to wonder if they will get 200 teams total?
247 with a week to go
Should hit 300 |
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curious
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Posted - 03/02/2015 : 14:39:26
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| We are debating on traveling to this tournament from out of state. Just wondering ... based on your experience, how well do they handle rain? Do they make every effort to play? Or do they cancel at the first drop? |
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DeadHead
158 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2015 : 15:58:25
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| Curious...read the 11u page concerning this weekends tourny. Was held in the same area that the SNIT is being played. Should answer your question. |
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bearkat
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Posted - 03/02/2015 : 16:03:58
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Originally posted by curious
We are debating on traveling to this tournament from out of state. Just wondering ... based on your experience, how well do they handle rain? Do they make every effort to play? Or do they cancel at the first drop?
Some will disagree with me, but I will give you my experience on it. We haven't played in the Atlanta NIT in three years, so things certainly could have changed. The traffic is horrible, the grass in the outfield looked like it hadn't been cut in weeks, and some of the umpires obviously didn't know baseball. We had no issue with weather as it was gorgeous that weekend. We did not play in any USSSA tournaments on the north side of Atlanta last year because the year prior there were two tournaments where the boys played in sinking mud through pool play and once that was done they called the tournament. Field conditions were horrible from the beginning and once they got everyone through pool play they finally called it. However, we have played in the Tennessee NIT several times and had a blast every time. We ran into some bad weather a couple of times but they handled it well. Just my $.02. |
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brball
615 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2015 : 21:14:54
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| @ curious- I say if your team is 12U or younger and never played the ATL SNIT, then go for it! Yes traffic sucks, so plan ahead. The fields and umpires are crapshoot in what you get, so be ready for what you get in that dept. Seems to be a huge drop in participation this year up to this point with teams signed up, so maybe depending on your teams age that will help you decide. My son got to play the tourney one year and had a blast, but unfortunately it was called on Sunday morning due to 3" of rain in a matter of hours, not because USSSA took the money and ran. Good luck on your decision! |
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