Idiocy of the Day: Lose By Winning In Canadian Kids' Soccer

This is ludicrous, eh?

In yet another nod to the protection of fledgling self-esteem, an Ottawa children’s soccer league has introduced a rule that says any team that wins a game by more than five points will lose by default.

. . . Kevin Cappon said he first heard about the rule on May 20 — right after he had scored his team’s last allowable goal. His team then tossed the ball around for fear of losing the game.

He said if anything, the league’s new rule will coddle sore losers.

Seriously, you can't make this stuff up if you tried. It's what edu-crats have given us.

Hey, look, I have no problem with "mercy" rules. You can just say that once one team has more than X points than the other team, the game is over. But you don't declare the winners the LOSERS for being dominant!