Just want to make sure I'm understanding some people's "argument" here.
So some of you are really, seriously saying (a) yeah, the team in question may well dangerously physically outclass the other teams, and (b) yeah, it really should be in another division since one of the reasons for separate divisions is to prevent/reduce injury from exactly those sorts of mismatches, and (c) despite (a) and (b) , other teams' kids and their parents are f**king loser wimpy p***ies for not playing them.
Oooookayyyyyyy.
Here's the problem that I have with this story: some of the kids were already injured. So that means that they were willing to play in previous games,
even though they risked injury. What made that injury risk okay? I have a hard time with these details. What I infer from the available information is that injury risk is acceptable, as long as they think that they have a chance, right? I have to then assume that they looked at how dominating the team was, and gave up.
Now, long term, this might be the right choice for these people. I will not disagree with them or give them grief, because I don't have all the facts. I'm certainly not going to call them wusses (even if that's my gut reaction), because ultimately, we're talking about people. Their lives matter. Their health matters. I'm not blind to that fact. This particular case
may have extenuating circumstances.
As a
general rule, however, I find the idea of giving up just because the challenge -- which, by the way, you signed up for and understood ahead of time -- is too hard, quite despicable. I wouldn't want teammates like that.
EDIT: I should add that I'm 5'8 185. I'm not a big guy. But I've ALWAYS been the most physical player in every sport and activity I've been involved in, as a matter of pride. I have to try harder to win against someone that much bigger than I am. It's also why we root for players like Dion Lewis and Danny Woodhead, because they're the classic underdog story, but they find success anyway due to hard work and determination.