lol, its a shame they waited to like the last sentence to even mention its a temporary measure until they get their pre season skills assessment underway. Probably its due to a couple teams going way overboard, embarassing many out of the sport all together. To keep some friends together its as easy as asking for a few friends to be listed to ensure everyone gets to play with some other friend. Its recreational, teams shouldn't be getting clobbered. Im not saying i support the rule, but i can see where its coming from.
Even around town, way too often you find one or two teams dominating, and its not due to coaching skill in most cases. I've seen it season to season in softball before when i had family who played. It started with 3 or 4 friends who were all great at the game, one of their family members being on the regions team organizing commitee for the league. Every season more friends were placed together, and the rest of the league would suffer. Just like in any sport, if you play with a group of people who are exceptional, you tend to learn from them, so they dominated.
Even around town, way too often you find one or two teams dominating, and its not due to coaching skill in most cases. I've seen it season to season in softball before when i had family who played. It started with 3 or 4 friends who were all great at the game, one of their family members being on the regions team organizing commitee for the league. Every season more friends were placed together, and the rest of the league would suffer. Just like in any sport, if you play with a group of people who are exceptional, you tend to learn from them, so they dominated.
