Can my sons teammates attend his birthday party without it being considered practice?
A.24.e. Absolutely. They can even play football or watch football movies. But if the coach is present and instructs them or if they watch and critique game video, then it will very likely be counted as a practice. The rules serve several purposes: (1) keeping youth players from be pressured into some extended participation; (2) providing a level playing field for all participants in GEJFA everyone is subject to the same season boundaries and same number of practices and amount of practice time; and (3) respect for the players time as well as family time (families get a break between sports and know well ahead of time when football practice is to begin). Systems need to view these matters with a good knowledge of GEJFA Rules and apply some common sense. If the obsession to win is so great that Systems, teams, or coaches are compelled to seek some way to circumvent the GEJFA Rules then they are not likely in compliance with the spirit of the GEJFA Rules, if not in violation. Again, if yo
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