2nd grade girls.
To confirm. As it looks now, a team could lose their first round game and then play 7 more games (8 total) to get to the championship, over the course of 10 calendar days. 8 total games when we only played 9 regular season games. Seems like WAY too many games to play for 7-8 year olds. Not to mention the travel time (currently everyone drives to Verdigris) required to play 8 more games on 7 different days.
Each team paid to enter the tournament and now for 2 parents to attend, it's potentially $70-80 in gate fees.
Why wouldn't the top 2-3 teams in each division be split out like the championship brackets for a single elimination tournament? Then the remaining teams do the same thing, a single elimination tournament.
I appreciate the people putting it all together. I can't imagine the work involved to schedule everything. I certainly can't speak for all parents/coaches, but I'm betting many who are 3rd grade and under won't mind a single elimination tournament.