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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Geez, I hope that it's the same few posters claiming missing a close relative's wedding for a sports tournament is ok.  My kids are in elementary and I have close by nieces and nephews that are being recruited for D1 sports.  No way would my SIL let a tournament take precedence over a wedding.  If the kid is good enough to be a superstar post highschool, the coach won't care if he misses a tournament.  If he's not, it doesn't matter in the larger scheme of life.[/quote]

If the kid is a super-star, D1 recruitment material, then I agree it wouldn't matter much.  Coaches at all levels make exceptions for kids like that.

But if, as OP has indicated, the kid is not a super-star?  Missing the first games with the team could indeed have a major impact on the kid's team standing, which for kids whose end of the line sports goal is playing in high school, is a very big deal indeed.  I highly doubt any of you who have made such dismissive comments about the sister and nephew have been in this precise situation.  Even if you'd still end up sending the kid to the wedding, you'd have some empathy for the bad situation this puts the kid in.[/quote]

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