- May 29, 2015
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My god, just the thought of that is crazy.
There is a lot to unpack here — the whole thing is crazy.
Then again, not surprising. When I ran a rec program we started telling people “NO” on this stuff. Sign your kid up for the appropriate age group. If she is good enough and an older team needs subs, then she can be “called up” to play as a guest.
Hell, when we launched t-ball, we launched it for 5 and 6 year olds. The next year the board decided to take 4 year olds (which turned into a disaster!). That meant the next year we had people wanting to sign up 2 and 3 year olds. Seriously.
Of course, we made people mad and they left to go force competitive ball on their budding All-Star. After awhile, we realized we were better off not having those people in that particular rec program. Every program has a purpose. Find the program that works with yours.
The fact that you and another coach are already planning on poaching players and going elsewhere is extremely disrespectful.
Just my humble opinion. But hey, you do you.
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