Suppose I generalised using the plurality of the rugby parents when it was only you singularly expressing what I conceive as a certain amount of irrationality.
Hey, but you're a parent and I aint.

It would seem to be one line of logic from your comment about Photoshopped 'obscene' materials that are made using images of real children.

If it's not, then what did you mean by what you described as an issue?

I've heard it cited by individuals, (parents and members) at our club too, whether its true or not, (and it seems to be far-fetched), whether or not you can find any examples on the internet, (I am not going to go searching for some ) is irrelevant, totally irrelevant - what DHM is stating is the position that a private club committee funded and guided by a central professional body have to take into consideration in order to allay the fears of the most paranoid and "prove" that their club takes child safety seriously, on and off the pitch, like his club our club have a nominated Child Safety representative, ours is by coincidence a female school teacher and so takes the job very seriously - by another coincidence she is also the same person who is particularly talented at taking very good photos of the action shots that the kids like to see on the web - in all things there is a balance to be taken.

The whole post, of which I have quoted only part, was measured and informative but the part quoted above sums up the situation (although what DHM writes does not only apply to rugby clubs).

My 11 year-old grandson plays for his local football club and I am unofficially recognised as the "official" photographer, if you see what I mean. I photograph all their games, their presentation ceremony and the Christmas party. I post low-res images on Facebook and high-res versions of the same images on Flickr. The photographs are not watermarked and copyright is specifically waived for non-commercial use by anyone connected with either participating club.

Before every game either I or one of our coaches approaches the opposing team's coach to explain the situation and to request permission to continue. Not once - ever - has any coach or accompanying parent declined or raised any objections at all. I always send links to their club to be freely distributed to their parents, etc. The local FA secretary is fully aware of the situation and has often used my images on their website and his own Facebook profile.

Common sense can prevail. Sometimes.

Having no parental responsibility perhaps my naiveness is glaringly apparent with regard to the modern day child protection circus and the hysteria that ensues.
Perhaps my innocence is a good thing, maybe we should ask the children.

I have.

To accompany every set of match photos I produce a collage of all the images deemed worthy of "publication" (usually around 40 out of 600 or so). Here's an examplehttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7283/8723831998_ef27e1711b_c.jpg" >

That's my grandson on the right of the central picture having just scored.

Every week the team discuss the question of "who's in the middle picture this week" and bragging rights ensue.

To echo Jerry Chicken in a previous post, the boys love to see themselves in action.

It's also perhaps worth pointing out that, as you can see from the collage, I try to give equal coverage to both teams. I think that this is appreciated by the opposition and word gets around.

When I was taking junior/youth rugby league photos the club I was with applied for a CRB check for me from the RFL. Not a problem and the opposition team can then be told our photographer has been CRB checked by the RFL.

Some from this weekendhttps://i840.photobucket.com/albums/zz329/David_Lyons/Blackbird900cm_zps2b28a712.jpg" >rl

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The first robin is an absolutely superb shot. I can easily envisage that winning prizes in certain niche circumstances.

The second robin is under-exposed. The bright background has caused the camera's meter to "think" that the subject is better lit than it actually is.

Before the fact: spot metering or fill flash would have helped.

After the fact: rudimentary masking of the bird followed by brightness adjustment might help.