REPOSTED from Bantam thread...
CAHA is the most miserable, self-serving sham of youth hockey in America. Want proof? Well, let's look at this AAA charade. CAHA has one AAA team in NorCal, the pathetic and lowly San Jose Jr Sharks. To get a AAA team, CAHA bylaws set out two prerequisites:
8.1 CAHA MISSION STATEMENT FOR TIER 1: A high level program whereby a Member Association may recruit and solicit on a state wide basis for registered players to compete at the highest level of amateur hockey within a specific age division on a National Level.
b. Member Associations fielding Tier I teams shall maintain a minimum of two (2) teams at the Tier II level in the current and previous season.
c. With Youth Council's recommendation, the CAHA board has the authority to prohibit a club from fielding Tier I teams whose prior season's collective performances was non-competitive.
Now, let's look at the Jr Sharks AAA program... they have AAA at 07, 06, 05, & 04. That's four different birth years. Peewee and Bantam. Four teams in total. And of those four teams... they have ONE WIN in CAHA. That's pathetic, and the Jr Sharks and CAHA should be ashamed of themselves. Overall, the four teams have a combined record of 1-23. Their combined stats are 28 GA/157 GA with -131 goal differential.
If the Jr Sharks AAA program were a horse, they'd have been put down years ago. And the carcass would have been burned and buried to contain the stench. Yet, year after year, the buffoon organization that is CAHA gives the Jr Sharks rubber stamp after rubber stamp, paralyzing Tier hockey in NorCal. However, I really don't blame the Jr Sharks' utter incompetence... I blame CAHA's misguided policies and outright corruption.
However... let's look at AA. Surely it must get better? Surely the Jr Sharks are crushing it at Tier II? Uh, no... not even close. At Peewee, the Jr Sharks have one team in Flight II. They are 6-6-2. At Bantam, they have one team, also in Flight II. They are 5-10-1. They're both at the bottom of Flight II, which defines them as non-competitive.
So, oddly... not one team within the Jr Sharks Tier program is competitive, and the Jr Sharks DO NOT fit the criteria of maintaining the two (2) teams at BOTH the Peewee or Bantam level to warrant a AAA team. Make no doubt, these bylaws were created by CAHA to destroy the Wave AAA teams of years past, and it is appalling that year after year CAHA is allowed to wield its ultimate power over all of California unchecked.
Surely CAHA President and #1 Boob, Tom Hancock, will address these annual bylaw oversights? Surely that human pus bucket will put down his 8th hot dog of the day, wipe away the yellow mustard from his JC Penney polo and do what's right for the youth of California?
Nope. Definitely not. The #1 Boob will just keep getting fatter and the kids of California will just keep leaving the state in droves. It's a shame. A real shame. And it's all on CAHA, their idiot President and the Board of Dunderheads that call themselves Directors.