We can try and slant the issue but to anyone remotely objective, what some teams do is clearly classless and there is no one to blame but the coach. there is disparity in competition so many of the games are lopsided. Both teams know going in what is going to happen and the coaches of the teams highlighted instead of trying to make what is in my opinion a bad situation a little better, they opt to make it worse.

The kids know when they have been treated with class by a superior opponent and when they have not. Both are demonstrated in many ways. It is hard for me to think of any necessity of having top players in and scoring when the game is effectively over. Compare the lopsided scores on the boys game compared to the girls and you see very obvious things. It is extremely rare, for a boy in a blow out to score more than 5 goals and most teams will cut it off at 3. Teams would not put up with it. When it happens it stands out. On the girls side it is a multiple times every game occurrence. Do we think that a top player on West Islip, Loyola, Gilman or a Chaminade can not score 8,9, 10 goals against an inferior opponent. The answer is that they have more respect for themselves and their opponent even if weaker. That in essence is the issue.