Unsportsmanship

[elnutsmalljaws]

Wow I didn't know we were comparing Varsity football to Upwards LOL. I coach every sport my kids play which is soccer, football, basketball and baseball. I know a little bit about coaching kids teams and no I don't run the score up (if we even get the chance). You simply can not compare 5-7 year olds to 16-18 year olds. They have already learned what it is to win and lose. This is not the BCS where they neeed to run the score up to get better computer rankings!

You said Any Team Any Sport. So your saying that when your kid is 16-18, since they have already learned what it is to win and lose, they now need to learn what it means to have the score ran up on them because they can't stop the other team. Winning and Losing is a far cry different than Winning and Losing by running up the score on the other team. No matter the age, No matter the sport, Any coach that intentionally runs up the score on the other team deserves to have the same thing done to his team.

Sportsmanship - Defined as, Conduct and Attitude considered as befitting participants in sports, especially fair play, courtesy, striving spirit, treating the opponents with respect, and grace in losing.

Pretty sure running up the score does not denote "fair play" "courtesy" "striving spirit" "treating the opponents with respect" but I guess since it does not say "grace in winning" it makes it all legal.