Lil Bit Special Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2010/05/31/ottawa-gloucester-dragons-soccer-point.html?ref=ff-twit A team that wins a soccer game by more than five goals will be declared the loser in an Ottawa children's recreational soccer league. The new policy of the Gloucester Dragons Recreational Soccer league takes the fun out of the game, complains 17-year-old Kevin Cappon, one of 3,000 players in the league's 200 teams for children and youth aged five to 18. Cappon said he found out about the rule from the referee when he scored the last allowable goal for his team during a recent exhibition game, bringing the score to 6-1 early in the second half. "I couldn't really believe it, but I wasn't going to doubt the referee," he told CBC's Ottawa Morning Monday. His team spent the next 20 minutes just passing the ball and keeping it from their opponents, he recalled. "I felt like I was mocking them sort of when I really didn't want to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 If I was on a team that was losing by 5 goals, I'd score an own-goal. Victory!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slats Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 If I was on a team that was losing by 5 goals, I'd score an own-goal. Victory!! Haha! That's good! Anyone who wants this policy lifted should be giving that a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Haha! That's good! Anyone who wants this policy lifted should be giving that a try. Why not just score 6 own-goals and call it a day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 lol talk about over thinking an issue the only thing I would support having rules against is poor sportsmanship, if you or the idiot parents taunt any of the losing kids, see ya next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 If I was on a team that was losing by 5 goals, I'd score an own-goal. Victory!! Dude that is awesome. I have sat in these board meetings for leagues when crazy rule changes come up. Thinking like you are thinking can prevent so much nonsense. You are doing the world a service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 If I was on a team that was losing by 5 goals, I'd score an own-goal. Victory!! Exactly! I was thinking the same thing. The losing team should do that every time. The rule is idiotic. If they're worried about blowouts then have a mercy rule. I have no problem with a mercy rule. But losing because you blow out the opponent? Moronic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Haha, a soccer team I used to be part of had a rule where if you won by more than six goals your coach would be suspended. So my dad (the coach) tells the team not to shoot or do anything like that because we can't score any more. Long story short, some kid forgets and scores a goal with very little time left. So we were forced to steal the ball and boot it in our own net just to avoid suspension. Brilliant. The stupid part of all this was that the league counted goals scored/given up in tiebreakers, which goes against their whole "play-fair" mantra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 The new policy of the Gloucester Dragons Recreational Soccer league takes the fun out of the game, complains 17-year-old Kevin Cappon, one of 3,000 players in the league's 200 teams for children and youth aged five to 18 Having the same rules for 5yo kids and 18yo kids doesn't make sense to me. I never heard of a rec league with this age range. Anyway, I'm going to be the one loser who says these rules are good. For kids under a certain age sports should be about having fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugeater Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Why don't they just call the game once one team is up by 5 goals? Seems pretty damn pointless to continue playing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenranger Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Whats next? Are they going to start giving every player on every team a trophy? Oh wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernJet Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 result 20 years from now when Skipper is told he wont be getting another promotion, or that one of his colleagues did a better job than he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Never thought I'd say this but this disgrace makes the idiotic rule of not keeping score that is en vogue in a lot of kids' sports now seem absolutely ingenious by comparison. With all these moronic "fairness" and "self-esteem-protecting" rules the idiots are ruining every important lesson team sports instill in kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 The Pussification Of America continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 The Pussification Of America continues. Canada actually.... and really, can they even be pussified any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain_the_foe Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Exactly! I was thinking the same thing. The losing team should do that every time. The rule is idiotic. If they're worried about blowouts then have a mercy rule. I have no problem with a mercy rule. But losing because you blow out the opponent? Moronic. If they're going to implement a rule that is based on the amount of points then the rule should be that the game automatically ends if a team takes a particular lead on their opponent. When I was young one of the rules that my friends and I had while playing madden or basketball video games is that if you were losing at any point in the game by 24 points you lost. Given that most likely its going to be a blowout. However, my personal opinion is that in live sports you shouldnt do that because you take away the chance to fight back. If its really about sportsmanship then it should be cool to come up short....someone has to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Canada actually.... and really, can they even be pussified any more? I stand corrected. The Pussification of North America continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanDoug Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Canada actually.... and really, can they even be pussified any more? Guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 The Pussification Of America continues. It was Canada. BTW They already ARE pussies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 If I was on a team that was losing by 5 goals, I'd score an own-goal. Victory!! BRILLIANT !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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