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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]It is a best practice but that is not a rule. If it was a rule then report the infraction to your TD. Is it 50% playing time per game? Is it 50% playing time over the course of the season? You see how there are loopholes all over the place with such a "rule". [/quote]

Just to respond to your question, in our club, it is 50 percent playing time per non tournament game.  In a tournament game, the coach can play kids on the team however he wants.

I don't know what the league's rules are, and I don't understand the information on their website about permissible use of guest players.  So I'm going to ask and get clarification.   If what the other team did is allowed, that's that.   I disagree with it, but the league makes the rules, not me, so it is what it is and I won't think of it further.

You're right that I'm angry, but it really isn't because I care so much about winning a soccer game.  The team lost many games this season, and that was fine.  I just hated to see members of the team crying after the game because of how incredibly badly it went.   And again, sure, that is probably an overreaction, but at 7x7, these are still little kids. [/quote]

Crying?  Because they lost a game?   How about, "Hey those guys were really good.  That's really cool you got to play against them today."  They're all just 9-10 year old kids, right?  On the playground or local park they can play together.  It's not the end of the world if it happens in a "real" game once in a while.  You (OP) are still angry about this a day or two later, but I'm quite sure the kids (including the once who were crying) were over it by dinner time that night.

Curious what the other team's record was though.

Possible scenario #1:  They did well this season and this game was going to determine whether they won the league, or got promoted to a higher division.  If so, and that's the reason they chose players from their top team to help them, shitty move in my opinion and will only backfire on them next year when they are in over their heads most of the time.

Possible scenario #2:  They had lost every single game, including quite a few blowouts, were completely demoralized, players were dropping out (maybe that's why they were down to 8), turning on each other, the parents were frustrated and becoming increasingly loud about it.  So for the last game of the season, since they needed players anyway, the club decided to help them get a win just so these kids could walk off the field with a smile on their faces for once.

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