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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]

You are wrong.

If every other kid is there for practices, including the kids that are not very good, why should a kid who has not attended a single practice get to jump in with the same playing time?

That is unfair, even if the baseball team is very recreational and even if the soccer player is a stellar athlete.

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Because the kid is 8 years old and you are an adult. Playing time at 8 years old, in a learning environment is not merit based anyway. The primary goal at this age is to have kids fall in love with the game and trying to punish a 8 year old kid because of you think it is unfair is what is wrong. [/quote]

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