It seems as if, going with the majority's logic here - one's team should never play down, only play up. If that is the case, these games would never take place as there would never be anyone older agreeing to play the younger team.
When there is an dominant team in an age bracket, they want to test their skills by playing up. Is the older team doing the younger team a "solid" by playing them - yes, of course. There is no benefit to the older team if they win - "Well they should win they are older" or if G forbid they lose "Maybe they aren't that good after all." These games are just games - there's no t-shirt for the winners, no pic on the website. It is all preparation for the coming tournament season. And as the games in question are within the Express dysfunctional "family", in the end would seem good for the entire program. Good for the Cudas for playing the Turtles and vice versa. BTW - they scrimmaged this past weekend. Who cares what players were there or weren't there - on that day in that game, the score was 6-4 Cudas.
Exactly right. Do have to say I enjoyed the 4-1 Turtles at the half though.
