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why do they have rules. The point is rules are put in place for a reason. It is the responsibility of the board to enforce these. The second the coach allowed that player to play he underminded the authority of the board. Now speaking for an officials stand point do we alow coaches undermine our authority. I dont think so. Their is a major maturity difference between 8 and ten. Also I dont think to many of these ten year olds are gonna be very receptive to this one eight year olds. He needs to be with kids his own age. Now if this means he cant play sorry to hear this. But if their is another age divison he can play at that and become a better player by learning the fundementals at the same pace as his peers. And i bet the board took some of these points under consideration and what the based their ruling on.