Since the NJ Soccer Facebook Group admins cut and censored the comments, let's open the discussion here.
The tournament did not award the "win" to a u11 team because as per tournament rules (confirm) a is a team wins by more than 6 (cornfirm?) goals that team will be disqualified and the trophy awarded to the other team.
The discussion was:
Team parent complaining that they still deserve the finals trophy.
Counter: The coach/team parent should know the rules of the tournament.
Counter: The other team said they did not deserve the finals trophy/would not accept it (confirm)
The ref should have issued a warning to the team when they were up 5-0 in the final.
Is that the ref's job?
The coach/team manager should know the rules and manage accordingly.
Should a club like AS Junior Elite play in a town travel tournament and blow teams out?
Should a mercy rule exist at all? the EDP tournament has no mercy rule
(BTW kudos to the EDP team that flighted the 2011 groups, there was no need for such a rule)
Should we be concerned with hurt feelings at a soccer tournament? This grows into the European model discussion that doesn't really care about feelings- if the team does not act dissrepectfully and plays through the game and finishes chances, then the final score is the final score.
Sure some ppl's opinions are based in commons sense and facts and other ppl just want to stir the pot-but cutting out comments always prevents discussions and ideas from being exchanged.
The tournament did not award the "win" to a u11 team because as per tournament rules (confirm) a is a team wins by more than 6 (cornfirm?) goals that team will be disqualified and the trophy awarded to the other team.
The discussion was:
Team parent complaining that they still deserve the finals trophy.
Counter: The coach/team parent should know the rules of the tournament.
Counter: The other team said they did not deserve the finals trophy/would not accept it (confirm)
The ref should have issued a warning to the team when they were up 5-0 in the final.
Is that the ref's job?
The coach/team manager should know the rules and manage accordingly.
Should a club like AS Junior Elite play in a town travel tournament and blow teams out?
Should a mercy rule exist at all? the EDP tournament has no mercy rule
(BTW kudos to the EDP team that flighted the 2011 groups, there was no need for such a rule)
Should we be concerned with hurt feelings at a soccer tournament? This grows into the European model discussion that doesn't really care about feelings- if the team does not act dissrepectfully and plays through the game and finishes chances, then the final score is the final score.
Sure some ppl's opinions are based in commons sense and facts and other ppl just want to stir the pot-but cutting out comments always prevents discussions and ideas from being exchanged.
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