I’ll try to keep this short but also not drip feed. DS is 14 and has been playing basketball for two years. Last year when he was at intermediate school he was on a really good team whose coach is a family friend. Coaches son is a very good player, DS is slightly better than average (at best but is dedicated and working really hard). This year he’s at college and has just finished season as best player on a pretty rubbish team who lost most of their games. Last year DS was at a really small school with only six boys his age. He and one other boy at small school were in the good basketball team together. Another boy at school (the one I don’t want on team) was golden child at school and really good at sports but played rugby so no major conflict. However, this year he’s playing basketball and rugby and has gotten really competitive about the basketball with my DS. The other boy from our old school is a better player than DS but was always encouraging and kind whereas this boy try’s to prove he’s better than DS any chance he gets and DS doesn’t like to play with him even casually.
Anyway I’m friends with this boys Mum and she’s always asking me what else is available in the off season etc. I let her DS sub for our rubbish team twice and DS heard from two people afterwards that he said he was the better than everyone on the team and he blocked DS 10 times (actually not true they’re pretty even).
So to the point,old coach wants to get old team back together for a social league and this boy is desperate to be in the team and his mother is asking me to ask the coach and getting shitty when I said it’s the old team only. Thing is coach would probably let him join if I asked but I don’t want to. DS spent years in this boys sporting shadow and basketball is his thing. Am I bring petty?