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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i didn't allow my kids to accept them.[/quote]

Mostly true for us as well. If the adults were insistent, she accepted it, but gave them away. She still resists the hoopla over just showing up.[/quote]

So rude, do you encourage her to give back other gifts she doesn’t like?[/quote]

+1 So rude. Honestly what happened to teaching graciousness?[/quote]

+2  Personally, I never saw the trophy as a kind of fake award, it's just a memento of the season.  Accept it graciously, keep it if you want or don't.  [/quote]

This is how I viewed them too. Plus, if the kid showed up and worked on the team AND the coach gave the memento with a word or two about the player contribution (which they always did), I don't see the problem.  That's precisely why they do give race medals, to commemorate and to give you a "well done" for putting in the effort to run the half marathon or whatever. It is an accomplishment (though I'd rather have the tshirt than the medal).

Having said that, we have not been on a team past maybe 2d grade where a medal or trophy was given out.

Honestly, some of you all go above and beyond to find something to bitch about.[/quote]

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