I have to agree with whomever said that many, if not most of the level5 athletes are so gracious in victory and defeat. I still remembered those 2 years my daughter was on Twinkles, these young athletes worked and practiced hard, but when the competitions finished looked forward to seeing their friends on opposing teams and mainly talked about SE or SS or cheerleading... At UCA, meeting up at a park or switching uniforms, etc...
Flipside:
Tbh, I cannot even imagine my son ever hanging out or talking to the opposing side athletes, hey, they might shake hands, etc... But anything beyond that is ludicrous and frown upon by the coaches, "God forbid, trying on each other uniforms"... If you want to be friends with opposing side, do it after the season is over...Furthermore, I always wonder that boys who are on teams, regard them as a boy joining a neighborhood gang... The boys swear allegiance to their team and must behave in a certain way... Whereas, girls are expected to be nice and gracious, all the time... Expectations in cheerleading is so different, which imo borders on double standards...
PS: Yet, I do think poor sportmanship crap happens mainly because of the Adults meddling...