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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I could have written this post OP. I’m concerned about it as well and I think it depends on the soccer coach as to how understanding they will be. A baseball teammate of my son’s who is a year older did travel soccer all season and they were not very forgiving about missing anything. He was probably at half our baseball games and never attended a practice so I don’t see that he missed all that much soccer.

I gusss we will just see how it goes.[/quote]

I don't care how good of an athlete the kid is or how rec the baseball team is, that is utterly unfair to the kids who are making the baseball team a priority

The soccer kid who misses all the practices should be the bench warmer who gets the one required at bat only, with even the weakest player getting more at bats and fielding rotations than him.[/quote]

At 8 years old nothing needs to be a "priority". The only priority is to your child not a team. Let them play both without unnecessary pressure of worrying about the team. They should be more focused on learning and being exposed to as many different sports and opportunities as possible without fear of retribution. [/quote]

It is not retribution to play the kids who have been working hard all season and committed to their teammates over the kid who has clearly established that the team is an afterthought.

The low ability kids who show up and try are the ones who are treated unfairly when the non committed kid gets the same or more playing time when he happens to show up. just because he is more naturally athletic.[/quote]

That's life, especially in sports.  It's hypocritical to say that it HAS to be a priority and also that the best players shouldn't get the most playing time.  Do you take it seriously, or don't you?[/quote]

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