My son is on his High School Varsity team and is a senior. He played JV last year and started. This year he is a substitute, or sits the bench. In a game against a VERY bad team he played the entire game but did not hit. He made an error in a game where he was a substitute and was pulled for the rest of the game. We are very "loaded" seniors and 9th graders on this team. When we played a good team that we knew would KIll us the coach chose to play 9th graders and let the senior sit. He wants to quit, he is tired of the bench and thinks he will get very little playing time this year based on what we have seen. Many parents are upset about what is going on with the seniors (they have no problem asking the senior parents for support and money). So do I let him quit, or encourage him to finish out the year?
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