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To: longnshort who wrote (52869)9/5/2013 2:29:10 PM
From: FJB  Read Replies (2) of 85487
 
Youth soccer league eliminates balls, scoring to halt 'negative effects of competition'...

In an extreme effort to stamp out unfriendly competition, a youth soccer group in Midlake, Ontario, is eliminating soccer balls from their games and forcing kids to pretend they’re kicking a ball around.

“This year to address some of the negative effects of competition, we’ve actually removed the ball,” said Helen Dabney-Coyle of Midlake’s Soccer Association, OpposingViews.com reported. “And the kids are loving it.”

The small community decided last year to stop keeping score in soccer games, as did all leagues in the Ontario Soccer Association, the website reported.
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