Ugh. Not sure how I feel about this one. It's the end of the semester and mid-terms at our HS. Our son is taking 2 courses through area colleges and his other classes are all AP classes. He's spent all week finishing papers, projects, and presentations and cramming for exams (on top of finishing up any missing paperwork for college applications).
Wednesday night he was up all night studying, took his exams in the morning, and came home before basketball practice. Except he fell asleep and didn't wake up until after practice was already over. Since it is considered an unexcused absence from a mandatory practice, he will not be allowed to play in his game tonight. I get that rules are rules, but other places don't even allow games to be scheduled during midterms and finals weeks.
It's the first practice he's missed in 4 years, he's gone to every voluntary practice, and he's volunteered for everything they needed someone from the team for over the years. One of the assistant coaches is going to try to get the coach to reconsider, but I doubt that will change his opinion. Other kids have missed practices and been allowed to still play before, so it sounds like it's one of those rules are rules except when they're not situations.