Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
ESM definitely. Riverhead and westham have a bunch of young girls filling the travel teams too. Question is.... Will they be given the opportunity to earn a spot on jv or varsity teams and give us some competition for the next few years or will the " that's not fair" cries from older, less skilled players' parents run the teams. What's the precedent in other areas? Pros? Cons?

We have the same problem in my district, parents of not so skilled 10th, 11th and 12th graders try to block the coach from bringing up 7th and 8th graders that are clearly better and should get starting positions over the older girls. everything has to be done secretly so these parents dont get wind until its to late


I am wondering how many schools have 7&8th graders that start on Varsity and made it into the playoffs.


Maybe these 7th and 8th graders are clearly better when playing on age, but when brought up they will be playing against girls a few years older that are often stronger, smarter, faster. They may not stand out as much.


They don't have to stand out, they can be the worst player on the field, so long as they are better than the girl they replaced they are to be considered as helping the team.