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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree it obscures things a bit. But if it was dance or cheerleading or something else, I'm sure it'd be the same, just with less people chiming in because they are less participated in activities. But I have to believe they have lots of the same pressure and costs and issues that are being raised here.

Hey it could be the Dungeons and Dragons team for all I care. Same stuff. Same opinion. Go to the family event. [/quote]

Different PP. I don't think so. I think the anti-sport people have really twisted this here. I would have the child miss the tournament, but what I find eye-opening on this thread is this viciousness people apparently harbor towards children (children!) who like sports. Have you read some of what people have wrote here? Apparently playing a team sport means you're setting yourself for a life in a cubicle, never participate in civic life, don't think of anybody other than yourselves, are all deluded into a blind belief you (or your child) will get a scholarship, and don't love family. It's unbelievable.

I'm no team sports fanatic either. I didn't play sports in school. But I find the vitriol here really awful and I think the anti-sports people are probably teaching their own kids some lessons that are a lot worse than what OP's sister is teaching her child.[/quote]

I agree with you that those comments are unfair, but there was also an unfair poster or two prior to the anti-sports comments who said something to the effect of if you didn't have kids in competitive sports, your child would sit around and watch video games all day and maybe get into trouble and the only people who really work hard are the ones playing sports and the others just phone in. Would you agree that an orchestra conductor should keep a child out of orchestra for missing a concert? How about a boss that would fire an employee for missing a meeting over a family wedding? I don't agree with these either in most cases. So why does the coach get a pass on being a jerk just because it's a high school sports team?[/quote]

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