Nepotism and cronyism in kids' sport. 

Trials for a tournament team.  No names taken, so coach has no idea who the kids are. Two trials, split a couple of days apart. Several kids do fairly poorly. 

Squad list announced. Kids of board members, club chairman and their friends are in. Many decent players not in. Clearly not picked on merit. How could they be? Their names weren't known to anyone. 

Many crushed kids - trials should be about assessing the attitude, ability and suitability of a group of players - not their parents. 

The sooner this sort of nonsense stops the better...but who do you complain to? The board and the chairman are happy with the status quo. Public insults or comments on the club will be either taken down (if on their social pages) or viewed poorly as "little Johnny's dad is upset that little Johnny didn't make the team", etc. 

Grinds my gears. 

Yes - my son was negatively affected by this, but also many others who (after I watched the said trials) were far, far better than the more well-connected kids with lousy attitudes and average skills. 

I could live with my son being rejected at trials for not making the grade, purely on merit...I can't live with the fact that there is so much obvious bias and lack of fairness and transparency in kids' sport.