After attending the AAU World Series in Tennessee this last week I have come to realize that this was all a money making event put on by the Gameday and First Tennessee fields. I realized that when the umpiring was so sub par that it hardly qualified. The favoratism shown to some teams was not only obvious but blatant. I have never attended a worse run and officated tournament. There was no opening ceremonies, no closing ceremonies, No thank you for participating, and no official scorekeepers. This might qualify for a town tournament however in my town it is still done much better than this. It seems that were happy to have us there to spend money but even happier to make sure that the playing field was as unfair as possible. The teams played were all excellent teams and it only taints them by having such horrid officials. I can safely say that I will not be attending the next one if Tennessee First Fields is the hosting party. This was hardly the calaliber of the National Tournament and somehow lack the calaber of the AAU. One star given only because none was not a choice.
Pros: Fields are very nice
Cons: Officials, tournament in general,
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