I hear you.
I have a son still plays youth soccer, we had mercy rules at very young age. But this one step further just blew my mind...

>>http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/01/win-a-soccer-game-by-more-than-five-points-and-you-lose-ottawa-league-says/
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>And by the way, I've been a little league baseball coach for 5 years - we've had our butts handed to us in a lot of games.
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>Maybe we should whine and tell the league to make the other team worse.
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>Or maybe we get better so we can whip them next time.
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>Gee... I wonder...