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Mark
Let's be clear about who singled out the big players. It was the coach! He picked his most intimidating players and chose to use them in a decidely non-basketball intimidating manner.
The league is not harming these two players. It is actually doing these two big girls a favor because they are not being used in an appropriate manner, especially at an instructional level. They are learning a tactic that is completely inappropriate for high level basketball, because at that level, it will result in players drawing fouls. By making the coach use his players in a manner appropriate to the game of basketball, it is forcing the coach to at least make an attempt to teach these young players something of value.
Of course, it won't fix most of the other things that I think coaches do with big players at young ages, but it will really help these two kids, their teammates, and the rest of the players in the league. Everybody wins in this situation in my book.
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