DD Being Forced to Change her Number, might leave team!

[Blind Squirrel]

Wow (disgust)!!! 126 replies in a thread about a kid being upset about what number she wears. That this is even an issue speaks volumes about youth sports in this country. It also speaks volumes about how well many in this generation are being prepared for life in the real world. The good news, for me, is I'm going to get rich selling hermetically sealed bubbles for kids. Adult size will be available in a few years.

John

[artomatic]

OK, if it were my DD I'd ask her how she would feel about the number 01. They are not considered the same, number as far as the line up would go and maybe both kids will be happy with it!

*sighs...
the whole #1 thing was more of a mindset than an actual number...

[artomatic]

Wow (disgust)!!! 126 replies in a thread about a kid being upset about what number she wears. That this is even an issue speaks volumes about youth sports in this country. It also speaks volumes about how well many in this generation are being prepared for life in the real world. The good news, for me, is I'm going to get rich selling hermetically sealed bubbles for kids. Adult size will be available in a few years.

John

yeah, like the home-schooled kid on South Park whose parents sent him to the public school in a giant hamster ball...

[Blind Squirrel]

Wow (disgust)!!! 126 replies in a thread about a kid being upset about what number she wears. That this is even an issue speaks volumes about youth sports in this country. It also speaks volumes about how well many in this generation are being prepared for life in the real world. The good news, for me, is I'm going to get rich selling hermetically sealed bubbles for kids. Adult size will be available in a few years.

John

yeah, like the home-schooled kid on South Park whose parents sent him to the public school in a giant hamster ball...

Yet another example of poor parenting. That kid could have been teased.

John

[artomatic]

Yet another example of poor parenting. That kid could have been teased.

John

He was teased....
When he shows up in the hamster ball, Stan says "Oh, God. This kid's gonna last about five seconds out on the playground."

Then, at recess, Butters convinces the kid to come out of the hamster ball, and the kids proceed to duct tape him to the flagpole, confirming the kid's dad's worries about his son's safety in a public school...

[2bucketdad]

Sorry, double post...

[2bucketdad]

OK, if it were my DD I'd ask her how she would feel about the number 01. They are not considered the same, number as far as the line up would go and maybe both kids will be happy with it!

*sighs...
the whole #1 thing was more of a mindset than an actual number...

I know that and thought of it instantly, so tell her, if you are counting, or writting the players doun in numerical order, the number 01, comes before the number 1. BTW my youngest daughter is #00, she figured out that no numbers anyone gets comes before her.

[Sparky Guy]

if this had of happened on my team the new girl (the team that busted)would just have to pick her a new number. period,

That is the wrong thought process. IF you have only one team to worry about, then yoiu can think that way. I don't know if you missed it or not. The girl came from a folded team within the same organization. The girl being moved on to the team has more time in the organization. Look at the entire picture. It starts with the organization first and what is best for the organization. Then it goes to individual teams. Then to the players.

The girl moving on to the team has more senority than the current girl. The team coach got it absolutely correct. It's been that way in every organization my daughter played for or I was involved with.

[Demonboy]

if this had of happened on my team the new girl (the team that busted)would just have to pick her a new number. period,

That is the wrong thought process. IF you have only one team to worry about, then yoiu can think that way. I don't know if you missed it or not. The girl came from a folded team within the same organization. The girl being moved on to the team has more time in the organization. Look at the entire picture. It starts with the organization first and what is best for the organization. Then it goes to individual teams. Then to the players.

The girl moving on to the team has more senority than the current girl. The team coach got it absolutely correct. It's been that way in every organization my daughter played for or I was involved with.

Look I think this woman is a little out of it just like everyone else. But I'm not sure the "Organization argument" always holds water. In So Cal, most teams under the same organization operate seperately (except TNL. Maybe a couple others I'm unaware of). If you're on Phil Adishians Corona Angels team, I don't think if the team folds you're going to walk onto Marty's team and rip a player's number.

Same goes for Dan Ristow's Firecrackers. If they disband and Tony picks up one of his seniors, Do you really think he's going to inform one of his stud D1 committed juniors "sorry babe, you're giving up the number". Not gonna happen.

Don't even get me started on the OC Batbusters. Can't see it happening.

[jofus]

Wow (disgust)!!! 126 replies in a thread about a kid being upset about what number she wears. That this is even an issue speaks volumes about youth sports in this country. It also speaks volumes about how well many in this generation are being prepared for life in the real world. The good news, for me, is I'm going to get rich selling hermetically sealed bubbles for kids. Adult size will be available in a few years.

John

Ah, but close to a dozen were about pole barns, or strippers....or, strippers in pole barns