I agree that it does help recruit people if you can play with your
buddies...BUT, I just joined the CVASA last year and was placed on a
team of people that had never played together before and were mostly
new to the league and we basically got smoked all season because we
were playing teams that had played together previously. So, it helps
and it hurts because if someone wasn't gung ho about soccer they might
not come out again because it's no fun to get smoked every week.
Maybe the resolution is - if you are NEW to the league and you have
been recruited by someone, they should be allowed to play together,
but if you have played in the league previously - the talent should be
divided up evenly.
My thoughts.