>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...

I agree. Mercy rules keep kids from having their noses rubbed in the dirt during a game and I have no problem with that (been glad of it many times!).

Don't punish a team for being good or give kids a reason not to play their best.

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>>>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...