@FreeDuck,
I love it. My kid's one year older and playing soccer.
I think I might have started out in high dudgeon but after getting to the part about how they don't test for HGH, I might have grown a clue.
I read this before going to the gym, where I had a conversation with my friend about just this sort of mentality on her son's team (the mentality being sent up, that is), I'll forward this to her.