I actually can understand this. Several years back I coached a hockey team that dominated their opponents. At the beginning of the year I suggested we move up into a better division, but was overruled by the parents and the board. So we played in our division, went 20-0, won outside tournaments against teams two levels up from us and ultimately won the championship.
I would have rather gone 10-10 playing in a more advanced division than going 20-0 against far inferior opposition.
I guess they didn’t have a “Mercy Rule” in place. We played a couple of seasons in Michigan. Up there, if a team goes up by three touchdowns, the losing team can select three of the winning team’s players and put them on the bench. I didn’t necessarily agree with it, but it kept the games a little closer.
I wonder if this a case of a 5-A team playing 1-A competition in a 1-A league. If so, then they shouldn’t be allowed to play in a 1-A playoff.
This is spot on. Too many folks (and entirely too many sports parents) want to ‘win’ at the expense of the quality of the game and the experience. A superior team playing much inferior teams doesn’t get better, quite the opposite.