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<blockquote data-quote="HereWeGoAgain" data-source="post: 188331" data-attributes="member: 3485"><p>It's a real shame for the boy and his team especially, and for the whole league. I blame the adults for failing to have the kid's (all of them) best interests at heart. The league champion team wanted him, he wanted to play on a different team, and then they ban him from pitching in mid-season because the team he's on is winning every time -- there are some adult egos at work here.</p><p></p><p>This could have been worked out. Jericho is obviously playing in a league below his skill level. He should be allowed to pitch in an older league. Apparently he was not banned from playing, only from pitching, but pitching is what he loves and does best and that's what he should be doing (only caveat being that the coaches need to be careful not to let him injure himself trying to throw too hard too much).</p><p></p><p>Whatever accommodation was reached should have been for next year, though, not this year. It is not fair to any of the players to change the rules mid-season. Every kid in that league was just taught that if you don't like the outcome, change the rules; what's to stop the kids from going the next step and taking the attitude, "if I don't like the rules, I can break them?"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereWeGoAgain, post: 188331, member: 3485"] It's a real shame for the boy and his team especially, and for the whole league. I blame the adults for failing to have the kid's (all of them) best interests at heart. The league champion team wanted him, he wanted to play on a different team, and then they ban him from pitching in mid-season because the team he's on is winning every time -- there are some adult egos at work here. This could have been worked out. Jericho is obviously playing in a league below his skill level. He should be allowed to pitch in an older league. Apparently he was not banned from playing, only from pitching, but pitching is what he loves and does best and that's what he should be doing (only caveat being that the coaches need to be careful not to let him injure himself trying to throw too hard too much). Whatever accommodation was reached should have been for next year, though, not this year. It is not fair to any of the players to change the rules mid-season. Every kid in that league was just taught that if you don't like the outcome, change the rules; what's to stop the kids from going the next step and taking the attitude, "if I don't like the rules, I can break them?" [/QUOTE]
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