That's BS and you know it! So when you're down half your team, do you pull out of the tournament or play because its for a good cause (memorial tournament). Two players didn't make that team win. That team already had enough talent at that age. Don't hear anyone complaining when EI stacked their team full of Legacy boys a few years back! Parkland had an entire team full of out of state kids and kids in other towns. That's cheating in a Town tournament.
Wow. Can everyone stop crying about this. Who cares if they took kids from where ever. Is it really that big of a deal? People always making excuses and finding reasons why they lost. They lost cause the other team played better. "Wah, it's not fair." Life's not fair. Teach your kids that and move on. Geez!
Cheating is never acceptable; especially when you're teaching young impressionable children that it's fine to win by any means necessary. That goes against all of the values that we as parents, and sports in general, try to instill in our children. You can teach that to your son, but I choose to raise my children from a higher moral fiber.
Your kid is 12, he is not that impressionable any more. He probably cares less about the other team cheating than you do. And if he was on a team that took 2 or 3 holdbacks and won the championship, would he not accept the trophy? If you knew, would you not let him play?
