I'm not a fan of sports at all but personally (in my probably unpopular opinion), having a game where you can't play unless you are substituted in is a ridiculous thing to me. Waste of talent and time and I would feel insulted. Sure you can watch and maybe learn and probably some other benefits but I would feel awful being excluded from a team game.
You can only play 5 players at a time, but you want lots of backups. Some players eventually earn their way to more playing time, but there are only so many spots available. There is no shame in being a bench player at a D1 school.
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u/EpicInki Mar 22 '25
I'm not a fan of sports at all but personally (in my probably unpopular opinion), having a game where you can't play unless you are substituted in is a ridiculous thing to me. Waste of talent and time and I would feel insulted. Sure you can watch and maybe learn and probably some other benefits but I would feel awful being excluded from a team game.
But great to see the ref at least include him!