Thats a hypothetical question, right?
Even when you NEED a player to fill a gap, you will have almost every parent on the team complain.
The girls may not care,unless they are shafted on playing time already. The parents will resent her, and probably treat her parents a bit coldly too, not like the others.
If you have parents who are already malcontent about DD playing time, they will be very vocal and try to instigate dissent amont others. Money, especially comes up. How much did she pay, did she pay like everyone else, are others footing her costs?, etc.
Feel free to do it if you expect the girl to be a future part of the team next year. Consider the repercussions if its only truly for one tournament.
Actually, it's not so hypothetical. My daughter was asked to play in a tournament last weekend, because the team only had 8 players that could go. She agreed, we went, and the players treated her great. The parents treated me great too, BTW.
I figured no big deal, one time thing. But now the coach has asked if she can do it again.
Now, please believe me when I say this... There is ZERO chance of her taking away playing time from another girl on this team. My daughter does not want to play travel ball, and even if she did, would be the weakest player on the team.
This is purely filling in for someone, where otherwise the team may not be able to play at all ( I believe this team only has 10 girls on its roster at the moment). My question is really based on thinking that if this occurred 3, 4, or more times, then the parents would start to expect a financial commitment (maybe rightfully so, and that would be fine with me if that's customary )
And I really appreciate your feedback.