2 Cups in LA, I've watched Pee Wee games for many years, all across the country. Unfortunately in California, and many other places as well, the push for AA & AAA teams is entirely led by the parents. In the Southern California area there are maybe two true AA teams, the rest should be playing A, BB & B. The clubs are more than happy to placate the parents by putting together teams with the double and triple letters, as it means more money for the clubs and coaches that can make a living coaching amateur hockey. Do you realize that in Canada there is no such thing as paying coaches to coach? Coaching, even at the AA and AAA level is purely on a volunteer basis. There is a big raucous in Canada right now because a Midget coach told the parents they had to each pay him $300 to coach their kids for the season. He told them it was because the coaching was taking away from his job. The parents complained to the amateur association of Hockey Canada and he had to withdraw his request or quit. The statement that Hockey Canada made is that they did not want to start a precedence of parents paying for coaching. Hence the reason why the season fees to pay travel hockey in Canada are about $700.