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Parity Bit
My daughter is gearing up for the fall soccer season in the girls Under-6 league. There were supposed to be six girls per team, and for the most part there were. One observation I had was the jersey numbers were reflective of the leagues. The jerseys in the U-6 league went up to 6. The jerseys in the U-8 league went up to the number 8.
It was the bottom side of the roster that was odd. Or rather even:
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 2
There were two 2′s on each team. Best I could figure is they didn’t want the pressure of being #1 to go to some poor child’s head.
[tags]Ike Pigott, Occam’s RazR, soccer, parity[/tags]
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