[jw4914]

Well,,, Everyone has an opinion. And, it's not up to us. The players need to be polled.

It has been my experience that it is the parents and fans that make a bigger deal over
this issue. I Coach Softball and took a team to a guaranteed 5 game tournament. First
game, we got beat 22 -0. Second game was 33 - 2 in second inning and the opposing
team was bunting and jumping off base to get out. My team's parents went bolistic. I
had to break up a parent fist fight in the parking lot.

Here is the kicker!!! With parents gathered around, the girls and I talked about the games,
and I asked the girls if they were ready to hang it up and go home. Not one of them wanted to leave....
They just wanted to play ball so we stayed and got creamed 3 more games. In the end, the
girls had a blast; they talked about almost making this play or that play.

It's not about winning or losing!!! A true athlete/competitor wants to compete even if its
in a lopsided defeat..I personally would love to be young and able to get back on the
field even in a blowout game..

Having a son on Garrard's Team, and Friend's with sons or family members playing for
Anderson, Whitley, Mercer and Danville.. Plus a few in Tennessee and Texas. I posed
this question to them... 15 out of 17 said they would play knowing they were going to
get blown out. The other 2 said that they didn't care, and when I asked why, they said
that they don't start now and probably wouldn't play anyway.

So I say let the kids decide and not try to impose our opinion/decision on them......