I absolutely agree with you. Sport should be about ability. I’m not sure I understand what you mean about ducking up tho, where does this happen?

I totally agree. My daughter played netball for a while and a couple of the other players were friends with the coach. So they got more game time because of this, tgeÿ were second rate players

Good reading the comments to this there really interesting!

It shouldn’t be that way

it has been like it for such a long time, until the kids get a lot older

In the ideal world it should be about ability, unfortunately we will never live in the ‘ideal’ world.

Coaches are always going to have favourite families.

yeah i think the same

Sport is for everyone to learn and get a hold of what they are good at. Like anything practice makes perfect like swimming lessons.

Yes everything else in life should be like this also, but in reality it is not.

Of course it should be just like everything else in life

Yes, I agree . . . however in the real world, just like we all have seen during our working life, politics (sucking up) does play a big part.

It is not just sports. It seems now with the increase in social media, it depends on who is “friends” with whom. To be able to get anywhere in a lot of organisations you have to play the political popularity games. I refuse to, so I am hoping this will not affect her when she is older… There does not seem to be a lot you can do about it either.

All kids shoul have a chance to learn and play sports. Some may not be naturals straight away but should be given the chance to try.

yes definitely ability…except when they are very little, then just for fun and give everyone a chance to play

You sound upset But yea you are right.. Should be about ability…

It should always be about the ability.

absolutely not should be about ability

So many sports are political like this, just stick to your way of doing this and merit will pay off eventually

I think this is wrong as so many young people go without recognition for their ability at their chosen sport due to them not being a close friend of the coaching staff or team member s. It is sad to see where our sports are heading