Somehow the train got off the track in this thread. I would like to respond to the original post, which I think posed a very interesting question: "Fair to punish kids for coach stupidity?"

"Slow but Clueless," who made the original post, obviously thinks it is NOT fair. The author of the article that was reprinted in the post thinks it IS fair. And DACarls obviously thinks it is NOT fair.

I'm going to even out the votes on this and say that I think it IS fair. It is the only decision the jury could possibly have made.

You guys who think the decision was not fair, would you think differently if the competitors had been adults? If you DO think it would be fair if the competitors were adults, why do you think it's not fair when the competitors are children?