Mother won't let school deny her son his soccer scholarship

[Spartan Squad]

Kid doesn't make the varsity soccer team and coach won't bring him down to JV so mother sues.

Kind of a jacked up situation by the school if it won't allow juniors to stay down on JV but the mom is using some of the same arguments we've all heard.

Mother files federal lawsuit after son doesn’t make varsity team

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Judge denied it. No scholarship for him!

 

[heyabbott]

He should sue to play on the women’s team.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Obviously, he didn't get his name in the paper enough.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Mom needs to sue the paper too.

 

[HanSenSE]

She sues just as hard as the varsity moms. No orange slices, though.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Obviously, she blames soccer.

 

[Della9250]

I've never seen where a school won't let juniors play on JV. That's seems kind of shortsighted that a kid could be a varsity contributor the next year.

So they just promote worse sophomores and juniors than a rising senior to fill open spots?

 

[poindexter]

The kid might just suck so bad that he is worse than the sophomores or freshmen.

 

[hondo]

I've never seen where a school won't let juniors play on JV. That's seems kind of shortsighted that a kid could be a varsity contributor the next year.

So they just promote worse sophomores and juniors than a rising senior to fill open spots?

I’ve known schools and entire conferences/states that don’t let juniors play JV.

 

[Donny in his element]

I’ve known schools and entire conferences/states that don’t let juniors play JV.

It’s common in Florida, for example, for team sports. The high school at which I taught had freshmen teams, JV teams (sophomores only, though good freshmen could play as the JV season is longer). A junior and not varsity caliber? No team for you.

 

[typefitter]

He should just play another sport, because all athletes can play all sports.

 

[Spartan Squad]

California teams could be that way just because some are so big, teams have to make cuts, but most common are seniors who must go to varsity.

 

[HanSenSE]

He should just play another sport, because all athletes can play all sports.

He could become a point guard in the NBA [/crossthread].

 

[User 149557]

I don’t like when juniors aren’t allowed to compete at the JV level (although understand it when you’re talking really large schools), because I’ve seen some end up having fantastic senior seasons at the varsity level. And they tend to become coach favorites because they stuck it out. You’re probably not going to have an ego issue from a player who was willing to play JV until their senior year.

 

[exmediahack]

Couldn’t be prouder of my high school alma mater.

 

[Severian]

This mom probably has a I-want-to-speak-with-the-manager haircut.

 

[swingline]

I'd be embarrassed to show my face if my mom did this. But perhaps there's no such thing as shame anymore.

 

[Severian]

I'd be embarrassed to show my face if my mom did this. But perhaps there's no such thing as shame anymore.

Shame went out the window in November 2016.

 

[hondo]

Shame went out the window in November 2016.

Quite the stretch to link a high school soccer story to Trump.