In the film "Trophy Nation", the host tries to introduce us to the idea that not everyone is a "Winner". Later we are introduced to the one of the leading directors of AYSO. She mentions that EVERYONE gets a trophy, no matter if you are in first place or in one hundredth place. Personally I wouldn't mind that, but if everyone is going to "earn" a trophy they should at least make the top three trophies unique compared to the rest.Personally this would be really annoying to me because after putting in all the work and contributing all my time into the team, no one would see how much better we are compared to the others. And in a response to the film by Chicago Tribune, the reporter John Kass says ,"We are making happy losers". When I read that I thought to my self, if they are being a part of a losing society, than when they grow up in their eyes they will see failure as success when in reality everyone else knows it's failure.
The AYSO organization argues that it is for them so that they can know what it feels like to earn a trophy and be apart of something bigger. I say that if they really do want to be a part of something bigger, they would go join a school sport or join another organization more competitive like MVLA for example. This would teach them that their hard work really does pay off only if they take the initiative to become the best player they possibly can. When their parents are finally open to the idea, that is when they will be able to accept the fact that not everything in this world will be given to you and you have to work for it.
I agree with you on the fact that their should a clear difference between the trophies given because I personally would feel kind of bad if my team was to get the same trophy as the team who didn't win a single game.
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