All Stars: Extension for coach's sons?

[rpnetter]

While I agree that there should be a better way of choosing All-Star players I have yet to see one that works. Even the "Player Selection/Try-Out" method has it's faults because typically the Managers/Coaches who will run the team know that prior to the Try-Outs taking place and you fall into an even worse situation where now it is not 8-10 managers agreeing but 1-3 managers choosing. I have seen this type of behaviour first hand and it does irritate me quite a bit.

I have coached my own son for four seasons in which All-Stars were available and only sent him once. The problem is that most coaches I run into seem to feel that since they are volunteering so much of their time throughout the season that their child should get to play as many games as possible which means they go to All-Stars. I personally don't see any way to combat this perspective short of bringing in All-Star coaches that were in no way connected with the regular season and I don't know of a leauge that would consent to that drastic of an action even if they could find coaches/managers that would take the positions.

The bottom line is that as long as the league is made up of volunteers you are going to have this type of situation quite frequently.