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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is full of non-soccer people[/quote]

I can only assume that you are suggesting that anyone who doesn't want to see violent conduct from 10 year-olds is a "non-soccer" person... but, I am a soccer person. Have played for 29 years... I am all for slide tackling. I am not for some of the ridiculously violent and dirty conduct I have already witnessed at the U10B level. Violent U10 players will become violent teenagers, and their dirty play will then prematurely end the playing days for some poor kids. You can play physically, you can play tough, and you can do it without being an ass. Like any other fundamental element of the game, proper tackling and sportsmanship should be taught from the beginning. Inevitably, coaches will fail to police their own players as they have a stake in ignoring such conduct at times. Parents and coaches are also, at times, the problem, as they are the ones teaching the children to play that way. That leaves referees. The incentives are fixed and aligned to discourage this type of behavior if the referees appropriately penalize those who engage in it. [/quote]

Clearly did not play at any level that was meaningfully different from rec those 29 years[/quote]

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