I appreciate this thoughtful question to original post. So I’m using it for something I had in my drafts for a while… If I was commissioner of HS + AAU basketball, here’s what the year would look like for athletes: 1. No AAU practices until April 1st. Most HS players are done in Feb so they’d get a month off 2. April-May AAU only. No HS workouts or Summer League games 3. June HS only. No AAU workouts/practices or games 4. July AAU only for live period 5. August = Dead period, no basketball 6. Sept till HS season begins: No team AAU activities except for 2 tryout dates. HS offseason practices/workouts allowed. 7. Nov - March = HS team activities only. *1 hour training workouts can be done throughout the year* Of course no one follows rules anymore, so this is just a pipe dream, but this is what I would see as an ideal solution for players.