For instance I know a very well respected organization that the elite team won their league last year and they cut several kids the next year, of the cuts both assistant coaches sons were cut.. then this year I know of a AAA team in the same organization that was "re-tooling" and they cut about 1/2 the team but kept all of the coach's and their friends kids. The kids that were cut were same level as and in some cases better than the kids they kept and no was not due to disciplinary reasons.