FAHA: No effort and all the benefit?

[KenWittlief]

on our team if you miss ANY meetings without a very good reason, you cannot travel with the team

by being not eligible I take it you mean the school has academic requirements for students to participate, like sports teams do - and he failed to meet them?

that is his responsibility, not the teams - I have been on teams where students were not allowed to travel for similar reasons - they were upset at the time, but they came back the next year and said it was the best thing that ever happened to them

if students are not held accountable for their actions they will not succeed in life.