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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The rule isn’t unfair, what is unfair is that it is often unevenly enforced. The best player can show up late or not at all to practice and many travel/club coaches will start that player because they want to win. 
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+100 to this.  That’s the main issue.[/quote]

The best coaches don't play those games.  They will bench a star player just as easily for infractions.  It makes the team stronger with better chemistry.  And, this is true of the major leagues--baseball, basketball, football, Premier league soccer, etc.  They will fine players for breaking the contract of missing practices, showing up late, etc.

Youth travel coaches are just awful a lot of the time.  The blatant favoritism does nobody any good, and often it's the prima donna superstar that ultimately suffers the most because those habits don't fly when they get older and have new coaches.

Sports are all about discipline.

The new trend is having prima donnas practice with other teams and then show up for just certain games or tournaments.  It often really messes up the team play, particularly when they put them in over kids that have all regularly practiced together and built a chemistry.  I see the team usually plays worse when that happens.[/quote]

I've never experienced a player not practicing with their team unless they already have one foot out the door. What sports/leagues does that happen with?[/quote]

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