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Name: Anonymous on Apr 27, 2008Comments: Why are young football players being penalised when athletes, tennis players, even chess players under the age of 11 can have competitive tournaments Children are naturally competitive and this will destroy their ambition before they reach 11 a side footballFlag
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Name: Karen Burrows on Apr 27, 2008Comments: I can honestly say i have never heard of anything more ridiculous than banning competition in football. What next take the goal posts awayFlag
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Name: Mike Jones on Apr 28, 2008Comments: Professional football clubs hand pick players from mini football sides to play in Centres of Excellence and Development. Surely this is competitive, so what is the differenceFlag
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Name: Mr Stephen Wood on Apr 28, 2008Comments: I firmly believe if the decision is not reversed, then academies, like excellence or development football should also be from Under 12,s upwards. There is far more disappointment for an individual than a team.Flag
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Name: Nigel Williams on Apr 28, 2008Comments: I feel the FAW decision is very discriminating to footballers, as other childrens sports are played competitively e.g. Netball, Swimming Gymnastics, Dancing, etc. Also with the introduction of age discrimination in October 2006 I would like the FAW to argue their case in a court of law.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 28, 2008Comments: totally agree with the Petition, clubs use tournaments/festivals as a means of fundraising, without this, players/parents must dig depeer as training facilities/permits costs are on the increase. Some clubs canot survive without them, then if teams fold because of this, players are deprived of playing regular football, is that fair Plus, tournaments/festivals are an open invitation, teams are not forced to attend. If the league are trying to stop competition for under 11 age groups, then what about school sports days, swimming galas, chess tournaments and tennis tournaments, should all these school run sports be affected toFlag
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Name: John Edwards on Apr 28, 2008Comments: Mini football does give my child and many othersan opportunity to meet make friends and learn to play football, in a stable family orientated manor. are the FAW saying they cant play football and should be allowed to go out onto the streets instead and get into troubleFlag
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Name: C. Drew-Jones on Apr 28, 2008Comments: The real world is competitive and the younger children are when they learn to accept sometimes you win, sometimes you lose the better. Isn't it better for children to learn to accept losing in amongst their team mates then hitting the adult world where inevitably they won't win everything and then sometimes being on their own. They lose as a team not individually and I feel this prepares them for the real world. Isn't it bad enough that schools have banned competitive sports. (e.g. sports day) Yet children compete academically. Sport is a chance for sometimes the not so academic child to shine.Flag
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Name: Simon Stranaghan on Apr 28, 2008Comments: Totally agree with the petition, as a Parent, Coach, and Club Secretary. We have had to cancel our major source of income, our Annual Tournament, due to lack of interest in "non competative" Tournaments. Teams will only go to 1 or 2, rather than 6 or 7. Parents will not stand around all day for games with no meaning. FAW not in the real world, always out to "hold back" Junior Football Clubs.Flag
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Name: Kris Jones on Apr 28, 2008Comments: Competition is healthy, theres no achievement in playing friendlies every week. There's no overall goal to work for.Flag
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Name: Paul Davies on Apr 28, 2008Comments: i coach an under 14's football side who have won the league this season and are in the cup final. I've coached mini football and to ask young children to be non competitive is ridiculous. Kids love to play football and they all play to win.Flag
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Name: Poppy Burrows on Apr 28, 2008Comments: Thats not fair! There's no point of training and working hard and then not being able to get through to finals and semi finals and things. I'm ten years old and I play for lots of teams and I enjoy having a competition once in a while.Flag
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Name: Ian Drew-Jones on Apr 28, 2008Comments: Enforcing this ban only leads to mediocrity in later life. Football is AND SHOULD REMAIN competitive AT EVERY AGE.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 28, 2008Comments: I fully understand the needs of organisations to cover themselves and not leave themselves open, but the FAW needs to fully understand the impact on the fundraising options for clubs. For many clubs a Tournament is THE fundraiser and without it many clubs will cease. I hope the FAW takes this into account. I don't know so much.Flag
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Name: Richard Parry on Apr 28, 2008Comments: Couldn't agree more. Life IS competitive. If experiencing the highs and lows of sport are removed from sport, it ceases to BE sport!Flag
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