I had a discussion today with a co-worker whose son and daughter are both in the high school state championships in tennis today. She and others, including the coach who also works in my office, think that the foreign exchange students should be banned from playing in the championships because they start out at a young age getting lessons and it gives them an unfair advantage over the local students. I said that it was not moral to ban the foreign exchange students just because they are better players. I argued that the world is unfair, that the students will be competing for the rest of their lives with those that have an advantage, and that at times they will have the advantage over others. I also argued that there is noting preventing the kids in Montana getting tennis lessons at a young age just like the European children.

What say you?