If anyone can be accused of wandering off topic, it's you, mate.
In the posts you've made on this thread, you keep veering off the subject of the WV case under discussion to tell us about your own completely irrelevant experiences in school sports - or to speculate about what you imagine would happen in hypothetical situations you've cooked up in your head that are all about you.
In the posts you've made on the previous page alone, you've droned on about anecdotes and imaginary scenarios about your own life that add nothing to the discussion of this case in WV and which are are totally beside the point. Such as:
one time we played a rival in a big serious soccer final. they hadn't ever beat us and were probably unhappy to see us again, and not eager to set a pattern when we play them in league in the fall. 10 minutes we get a chance on goal, keeper takes down our forward, PK, red card. we score PK, 1-0 up. their coach pulls their team in protest. we win the tournament in 10 minutes. no one is going to applaud the opposing team's efficiency in resolving who won, and they might not be invited back.
i mean, i briefly did LJ in junior high. if i run down and then bail and go through the pit, i haven't saved a second, and the raking might take longer than usual. if i walk out to the runway then step back off, over a few jumps we're talking extra minute or so. if i don't intend to compete, i scratch, and they skip me. that is the efficient outcome.
one time in spring soccer practice i skipped an early morning weight workout to study for a midterm that morning. coach benched me the next scrimmage and i played 10 minutes. do i get to "appeal" that anyplace? explain my "valid" reason? no.
if i walked on a soccer field then stood there and got run by for a goal as some protest, i am not just benched but maybe even asked for my uniform back and kicked off. you made your point, here's mine back. good luck with your lawsuit about your first amendment rights.
if you use my sporting event as coach, as your political stage, i might respond by treating you -- specifics ignored -- like an athlete who went to the meet then refused to play. ok, you see jamie over there? she wanted to go to that meet. i took you instead. you didn't compete. next week i take jamie instead.
It's bizarre to me that you seem to take it on faith that your own personal experiences and your imaginary scenarios featuring you in the starring role somehow have a bearing on this case or shed light on it. I don't believe they do.