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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 2475031, member: 1220"] This is a pure " catch 22" illogical rational to justify punitive measures. This implies that a major criteria to be invited to a National evaluation camp is to have already been part of the National Program. But you can not be chosen for the National program without first being evaluated at a National camp. Bottom line is that this is nothing but rational for blacklisting players who ever for any reason refuse to attend a National camp. I believe Gray declined an invitation the summer before starting her freshman year. She stated she wanted to focus on getting herself ready for her first year of college. It certainly smells like the rational behind her omission is conveniently making her an example for anyone who would dare to refuse to attend any National Camp when invited. Now her being invited to the last camp was also convenient because it was almost a certainty she would not be able to attend. Why didn't the same criteria they used for not inviting her now apply then as well? They use the criteria of attending a national camp to justify excluding her now, yet not apply that same standard to the last one knowing the odds were slim that she would be able to attend. A previous poster mentioned that they felt college players should not be invited because they have not proven themselves against the best competition. Well someone else responded that the point was to integrate them into the National system as early as possible. So which one is it? To evaluate talent or integrate into the system? It seems to vary depending on what ever suits their present agenda's. Now I can understand the former, because often college players have not had the opportunity to be evaluated against better competition. Now anyone who plays in the best league in the world does not need to be evaluated in a limited training camp. They have their careers as a standard. If the other is the criteria- chemistry? Well that is what the national camps are for so why not invite players to evaluate them- unless you have already decided for other reasons. I contend that Chelsea is the perfect player to use as an example because until the last year she has had a relatively low national profile. They can use her as an example of why it is important to never refuse an invite to a national camp. This is all about a group of people displaying and exercising their power. When considering a number illogical actions they have taken absent any sort of rational accountability it reeks of a self serving group. It is not unusual for people in positions of trust to forget their responsibility and begin to use those positions for self serving and often vindictive purposes. The NCAA being a prime example of an organization that has become goal displaced. These groups and organizations can attempt to bs and spin to hide their own self serving agenda's but when really held to a real standard their contradictions expose themselves. The whole Parker thing is another example of some sort of agenda cover up. They need to totally clean house every now then with every position of trust and governing body. When this is not done these bodies become goal displaced, self serving and eventually steeped in corruption. [/QUOTE]

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