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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah no way they get banned.  Not that it wouldn’t be a just result, but won’t happen.[/quote]

Why not? At least suspend or ban the coach of the team. [/quote]

For what?[/quote]

MadLax entered a team in the 2026 A division and played the season with a number of 2025 kids. They played BLC in the playoffs, won and BLC immediately filed a protest (it must be done within 15 minutes of the game). The officials asked a number of kids on MadLax what grade they were in and the kids responded by saying they were in 6th grade. MadLax had to forfeit and the score shows up as a 1-0 victory for BLC. [/quote]

So the 5th graders self identified as 6th graders.  Time to move on.   This happens with all divisions of HOCO.  Get used to it.  The funny thing is that it happened in the "A" division which is really B-  I but more blame on the Bethesda coach.  If you knew this, you knew it long before this game, you knew it earlier in the season.  Would they file a protest if they won?  BLC is the shameful club here  To confront a sixth grader and make him feel like he did something wrong is the real problem. THE PLAYER DID NOTHING WRONG!  The coaches did.   HOCO league let's kids two-three years older play on teams and knows about this.  They have the birth dates. Any parent of any club knows this.  If you wait until AFTER the game to address this, that coach is the problem in this story.  I am not a Madlax parent and only know what I have read on these posts.  It sounds like a coach called out something he knew about before the game.  The refs should NOT have involved the players.  File a protest later.  The officials should not be asking the kids.  [/quote]

The pp was incorrect in the 15 rule and the ML cheater coach/parent posting above is insane. Are you really saying there shouldn't be a forfeit or a punishment? Are you really blaming the other coach for holding to the rules? If the BLC coach had called CM and said he knew the team was older,  CM would have immediately coached up those families on what to do when questioned. Here is the rule from HoCo:

[i]Any team using an ineligible player shall automatically forfeit each game in which the player participated. If a team uses a player under an assumed name, that team shall be suspended from the league. Each game played with that player and all scheduled games not played shall be forfeited to the opponents.
Protests as to the use of an ineligible player must be made within 48 hours of game time during the regular season and within one hour of post-season play. A $50 protest fee is required. The protest must be submitted in writing to the Conference Commissioner. The protest fee will be refunded if the protest is successful.[/i][/quote]

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