-------------Very interesting post---kinda like don't cut off your nose to spite your face-----when the kid doesn't play everybody loses in my opinion (can't wait for the feedback on this) 1) the team loses as they know they can't win without him and their record gets worse in the conference race 2) the coach loses as his record goes South. 3) the fans lose cause their team gets beaten. 4) the kid gets a rep of being not dependable---Let him play and run his ___ and punish him physically and with other punishments------One of my friends really screwed up and it was decided that he wold stay on the team and play but had to run 25 stadiums every day for a year---at a teammate's wedding in his Tux after a few pops he was at the local HS stadium doing his penance!!!! Surly every crime has a different result but it is something to think about!!!