tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post3639838084979852199..comments2024-01-10T07:00:57.766-05:00Comments on It is about the money, stupid: Parents suckJason @ IIATMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11675184282951841175noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-13355707527999485022008-08-26T13:00:00.000-04:002008-08-26T13:00:00.000-04:00Carl, I thought the same thing but a few other iss...Carl, <BR/><BR/>I thought the same thing but a few other issues arose:<BR/><BR/>1) What if he's just a freak pitcher and can't yet otherwise compete at a higher level?<BR/><BR/>2) What if he just wants to play in the same league as his buddies? Should he be forced to move just to assuage overly-protective adults?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Also, and this is from personal experience... what if they have hard-and-fast guidelines with regards to ages? I mention this as my son was in that 8/9 year old group as he made the cut off by a mere 2 weeks. Others in his grade level stayed in the "coaches pitch" league. I asked if my son, who clearly would have benefitted from another year of development before going to "kids pitch", could have remained with some of his other classmates/friends and the answer was that the league makes no exceptions. So if there are no exceptions to stay at a more basic level, why should there be an exception to play at a higher level? It's simply a matter of consistency. And I dislike that inflexability in instances like this, with kids of varying degrees of skill.<BR/><BR/>Either have kids "audition" for more competitive/less competitive leagues or just divide by age and hold it consistent. I thought my town's rule to divide arbitrarily by birth day, not grade level, was silly. <BR/><BR/>Had they had all interested kids come out, do some basic drills (hit, catch, throw), they could have determined which were capable of the advanced league and which weren't.Jason @ IIATMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675184282951841175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-34829088970532770912008-08-26T12:30:00.000-04:002008-08-26T12:30:00.000-04:00Couldn't they make an exemption for the super pitc...Couldn't they make an exemption for the super pitcher to play in, say, the 10-12 year old league, if he's that good?Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17586615594990914752noreply@blogger.com