It's amazing that nobody wanted this tournament until Ottawa made it so big! I am an assistant coach in Ottawa and we have worked so hard to make this a fun and positive tournament for these kids, I cant believe someone thinks they can just take this away from Rick & the ottawa club! Rick loves this tournament and deserves to keep it!!!!
That is not exactly accurate. The year of the first 6U tournament in Ottawa we had had one of many controversial votes at the state body meeting about adding a 6 year old division to THE state tournament. Knowing this vote was going to happen prior to the meeting, District 2 had I believe, voted at our meeting to hold a 6U state tournament ourselves, if the vote at the state meeting failed. When the vote did indeed fail, largely due to the clubs in District 1 voting against it, Ottawa, to their credit, went home from the meeting and simply beat us to the announcement that they would host such a tournament. None of us knows how Ottawa or anyone else voted that year, but I find it just a little bit hypocritical that any club in District 1 hosts this tournament since as a district they have consistently voted against the 6U division being added to THE state tournament. Believe me, many clubs would step forward to take this tournament as it is a cash cow.
