91 didn’t cheat. The tournament organizers provided permission for 91 to use a player that has been with its club for several years and aside from his talent is a great young man and teammate. It can be argued that if they were given an exemption to a specific eligibility rule, then other teams should have also received the same benefit or courtesy. Another argument can be made that several teams may not required an exemption and may have faced a tougher opponent and but for the exemption may have beaten 91.
But that’s the issue it has nothing to do with the player why did they(91) get an exemption and others didn’t I’m sure there are very similar situations across some teams . If you do it for one you must do it for all and if you don’t everyone has the right to be suspect of the process and rules. But let’s not kid ourselves we all know the organization played in the grey as well to make it happen. So the rules are not black and white or maybe just for some. Sad that the ruling board ruined it for a few and took away a few kids opportunity for an event but made an exemption for one because of the Orginization he played for or some other reason. Either way it is was it is . It’s just sad that not even youth sports can be fair and what some adults will do just to pound their chest and say look at how great we are!
