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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a former coach in a rec league.  When you commit to play, they build a team.  The the team has a specified number of players.  For example, last season, we had 8 girls on the basketball team.  One quit.  Down to 7.  One got hurt.  Down to six.  In the playoffs, team with a record of 8-2, had to forfeit because two girls were sick, so I had 4 girls.  Quitting a team means you are letting everyone else on the team down.[/quote]

you shouldn't have started the season with 8 players only. these are kids, not pros, and kids have other priorities and obligations far more important than 'not letting the team down.' oh and kids get sick and you can do  nothing about. [/quote]

As a parent (and former coach), I think you have it wrong.  I think that "letting the team and his teammates down" is a valid reason when the kid just wants to quit midseason. You are a part of a team and part of teaching teamwork is that teammates should be able to depend on each other. Teaching a kid dependabilty is an important ethic to teach. School and family reasons - absolutely fine.  Those are priorties over the team.  Leaving the team in a lurch just because he does not want to play - would not fly in our coop.  The one time my DS raised the idea of quitting midseason.   I just reminded him that he asked us to play, we all arranged our finances and schedule to permit it and his teammates (and friends) were depending on him.  He understood that. He finished the season and quit that sport afterwards. [/quote]

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