Yes- and a red commie bastard at that.
Indeed there are Gurps. I sent Sandman a personal note just sort of “Letting him know”. Problems like these typically are not at the administrative level, but more like at the coaching / team management level. I got my back up because there is a blatant denial here from you guys that is "policy" based, when in fact I know that reverse discrimination does indeed happen.
To your point, I also know one kid I coach, who is a pure standout in his age group, and in the next age up. He’s blond, blue eyed, and as white as it gets, and he was aggressively recruited for a spot in the league because of his outstanding talent.
Again, my kid is good (good enough to be selected to the Surrey United academy earlier this fall), but he’s not pursuing the game seriously next year, and this wasn’t a big deal to us. He wasn’t going to play spring ball otherwise, and this just meant he spent more time doing other stuff this spring. No big deal to us. I just get my back up about the flat denial, when I know for a fact that the reverse discrimination did indeed happen in this case.
Anyhow, my intention isn’t to embarrass you, Sandman, or the tourney organizers, so I’ll (hopefully) leave it at that w/ my two bits.