Poll: 12 hours too old to play

[Messing]

There really is two sides to this and it really counts on which side you are viewing it from .

There is of course the side that says let the kid play and that the games are just for fun and there is the side that says that if we make an exception to this rule for this kid then other people will exploit this exception and it will lead to a lot of hassle .

My opinion is that there should be a definite cut-off point in the interest of fairness for all . Even if it doesn't seem fair to him at the time :/ Even though that makes me look like an a-hole .

 

[TheLaofKazi]

I actually went to school in the Christina School District. I find it funny that the seemingly random example you used hits so close to home. However, I don't agree that a rule telling a kid that he is too old and using a knife to cut cake are the same thing, but that's just me.

That is a strange coincidence, lol.

I know the rules aren't very similar, but they both, whether it was through how they were enforced, or their design, resulted in these absurd situations.

This is what happens when you aren't flexible and let rules and laws think for you, or especially design that rigidness right into the rule, as with the case of zero-tolerance policies.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

A bit confused. He was held back in third grade, but still wasn't old enough in his senior year?

Well, let the guy play. He's old enough now.

 

[yellingatpixels]

I agree with the rule.
My daughter was boen Jan 2nd. She is going to be the oldest in her class, probably the biggest for a while (she is turning 4 soon).

It sucks, but rules are rules. ESPECIALLY for these sorts of things. high school sports are big business: kids get red shirted all the time: held back a year so they are bigger. Point being you gotta put a line somewhere.

 

[smithy_2045]

If being held back a year was a decision by his parents, which apparently it was, there's no way he should be allowed to play.

 

[bpm195]

His parents made the choice not to put him in school when they first had the chance, and he had the misfortune of being left back a grade. That puts him 2 years over the age they expect him to be for their high school league. This isn't a matter of him being 12 hours older than his peers, it's a matter of him being 2 years and 12 hours older than his peers. I do feel bad for him that he's on the wrong side of the deadline through no fault of his own, but being close to the dead line is doesn't excuse being past it.

However, the learning disability thing is worth considering. However, assuming that the age cut off is for valid medical reasons and just an entirely arbitrary number, I still don't think he should be exempted.

...There should be no fucking legislation on High School Sports, it's just stupid. It's not like it's professional sports fuck it's a high school team trying to play for fun...

This is actually pretty backwards if you think about the role of government. Professional sports leagues are private businesses, so the government shouldn't be legislating their actions. However this case happens to deal with a public high school, which is actually run by the government and therefore of more concern to the legislature than professional sports.

 

[Nouw]

That is bullshit. Nothing more, nothing fucking less. The rules are there to prevent too old people from playing to avoid unfairness. 12 Hours isn't going to make you taller and stronger.