I can understand this rule for elementary school ages. To have it for the entire league which goes up through high school age sounds like a little much to me though.
Why does the age of the children matter? Surely the lessons you're trying to teach with sport are the same no matter what age the pupils.
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>Without the opportunity to prove I'm the best, I might as well go for a quiet walk.
I've played quite a bit of [association] football in the past in Sunday leagues in the UK including my Uni's league and was in school teams too - a good game for me was one where I played well and managed to do my part well and have fun; those games were not always ones in which our team scored more points.
I stopped watching football many years ago when the professional foul became rife and I felt that top players were there to win at all costs, including the cost of playing a decent game of football.
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>Without the opportunity to prove I'm the best, I might as well go for a quiet walk.
I've played quite a bit of [association] football in the past in Sunday leagues in the UK including my Uni's league and was in school teams too - a good game for me was one where I played well and managed to do my part well and have fun; those games were not always ones in which our team scored more points.
I stopped watching football many years ago when the professional foul became rife and I felt that top players were there to win at all costs, including the cost of playing a decent game of football.