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Old Tue Jan 20, 2004, 06:05pm
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Originally posted by RecRef
Why in the world does the league have overtimes in the first place? You are talking about a bunch of 8 and 9 year olds here. How long are the regular quarters and the overtime periods? My bet would be that B1 and a lot of other kids were mighty cranky by the time the 3 rd OT rolled around. For kids that age the game should end in a tie.
You know the parents would never allow that. Every time Johnny takes the floor, dad is reliving his fantasy of playing in the final four. And mom, of course, is counting on the scholarship money to send him to a good school. This is far too serious a situation to simply let it end in a tie!
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