[George A.]

This is exactly the sentiment that I have been feeling from some time.

The teams that are the greats (not going to list any numbers because there are FAR too many to list) didn't get that way overnight. Nor did they get that way by some magical force.

They got that way by sheer determination and hard work. They went around to get sponsorship: wrote emails, made phone calls, set up meeting etc. Then they were given the chance to show their stuff and hope that this company would be gracious enough to donate some time, resources, or money. If they got some donations they thanked them and welcomed them to their family. If they didn't get donations, they thanked them and went on to the next potential investor.

If we think hard we can all remember a time where our team had little resources, or little leadership or heck little membership (I can think of a few teams where every year they only had enough kids to form a drive team). But the beauty of this program is that it is our beginnings that make us who we are today. I say we should embrace it and help others out to do the same.

We were all rookies once, and we really have two ways to go about things: either take a page from the powerhouses and emulate their style, or complain about not having anything and risk falling into oblivion.