Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All team sports are NOT fair because the coach can come up with any BS reasons to exclude someone from the team.

in 99% of cases, the reason is that the kid isn't good enough

Really? In our experience in the younger years, the coach’s kid’s friends seem to have a different experience than other kids. As they get older, sometimes kids with irritating parents pay the price or in HS, kids whose parents are a pain get more leeway so the coach doesn’t have the athletic director on their back.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All team sports are NOT fair because the coach can come up with any BS reasons to exclude someone from the team.

in 99% of cases, the reason is that the kid isn't good enough

In early youth sports, age or size bias can be a factor. Less so later but I’ve seen this often.

Eh I know a family frozen out from the higher level teams because the dad pissed off the wrong higher up in the club. It's an outlier situation, and generally I agree that coaches do the best they can, with biases at play for size/speed/aggressiveness.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All team sports are NOT fair because the coach can come up with any BS reasons to exclude someone from the team.

in 99% of cases, the reason is that the kid isn't good enough

In early youth sports, age or size bias can be a factor. Less so later but I’ve seen this often.

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Anonymous wrote:A sport with individual times. Swimming or track/cross country. The clock chooses the winner.

Also include golf and tennis. Scores do not lie.

But a LOT of golfers cheat. I’d take that out of contention for this thread.

The fairest of all is track & field. No clubs $$$ coaching or politics required. You can train for free, pay $30 and enter a meet. Then the clock or measuring tape determines who wins.

Anonymous wrote:All team sports are NOT fair because the coach can come up with any BS reasons to exclude someone from the team.

in 99% of cases, the reason is that the kid isn't good enough

Wrestling... it's individual but very team oriented, team scores of course.

All team sports are NOT fair because the coach can come up with any BS reasons to exclude someone from the team.

Which are the less fair?

Anonymous wrote:A sport with individual times. Swimming or track/cross country. The clock chooses the winner.

Also include golf and tennis. Scores do not lie.

Anonymous wrote:No, not baseball. The bats grow cold if you don’t get a chance at the plate.

Tired of coaches with “depth charts” too. Show an ounce of creativity. A different player may be the key on any given day. A game is like a mosaic of talent, not a math problem.

This. The batting order really matters.

No, not baseball. The bats grow cold if you don’t get a chance at the plate.

Tired of coaches with “depth charts” too. Show an ounce of creativity. A different player may be the key on any given day. A game is like a mosaic of talent, not a math problem.

In some sense baseball/softball - everyone who gets to bat has the same opportunity to impact their batting average/on base percentage. If a kid hits well there will be a place for them in the field (if they are basically competent fielding).

Beyond that, though, plenty of room for favoritism in who gets to play what position on the field.

None of them. Do an individual sport if you want this.

A sport with individual times. Swimming or track/cross country. The clock chooses the winner.

In the sense that when you’re playing it’s anyone’s game to get out there and have an impact and you’re not just relying on the playbook of a coach or the positions selected by a coach?