I'm not an admin guy. But I understand it. I respect it. I have to do it for my livelihood and give it as much respect as the tactical aspects that are required to handle an emergency situation that comes along with being a Battalion Chief in the fire department. Same goes for running and coaching a soccer team. It's a really shitty situation when all the pain-staking work you put in on-field is unraveled by an admin technicality that seems so trivial in the scope of things. So, you make sure that doesn't happen. Personally, the more "professionals" in our leagues the better. There is a process to allow a professional player regains his/her amateur status. So abide by it. There is a process that ensures a player who comes from another country and association within the same country is in good standing. I have done my due diligence as a coach with ITC forms and pro to amateur status forms for some time. As much as I sympathize with the situations at hand in the philosophical sense and the purity of competition, I do understand and accept why we have these rules. It also comes down to this; if I am going to make sure I go through the ringer to ensure I abide by the administrative requirements, I want others to do their part as well. Fair?
I think it is.
Fair in sentiment, but unfortunately not in actual process. The way it was implemented in this tourney was sneaky and underhanded, and without any thought to the can of worms. Do you really think more good than harm is going to come of this? You have what appear to be one or more VMSL team with a vendetta, and used a certain FVSL admin as a pawn to do their dirty work, and now the intent of the rule has slammed back on Aldy.
Sorry, but there had to be a better way to get the VMSL to clean up their own shite without involving Aldergrove. And to sign a protest on their behalf, against the managers wishes? What do you think of that, @Ballbaby ? It’s bush.