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A letter landed on my desk a few days ago from a woman in Zumbrota complaining about coaches who require kids to participate in summer leagues and camps.
"Here, if you aren't on a summer league team for your sport, you get to spend 99 percent of your time sitting on the bench," she wrote, "because you aren't professional enough to play... You have kids out there that have a passion for the sport, but, because their family can't afford the fees and to take the time off from work to transport their child to and from the games that are all over the state, they get discriminated against. This is a form of bullying!"
This is not a new complaint. During the 17 years that I have been a parent, volunteer and coach for youth athletics in Rochester, I've heard this many times. It's one of several that get repeated over and over.
Some of these complaints have at least a degree of validity; others don't. Here's my two-cents worth on a few of the most common beefs:
Greg Sellnow
5/5/2009
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