I had a kid this year that played a little varsity, but not enough to letter. Not even close. The day after the awards were handed out, the kid's dad wanted to meet with me. We sat down and he went through the "you play favorites", "you hate my kid", etc. I asked him what makes him think that. He said that his son played varsity and should've lettered. His son really wanted to letter is upset about it and his mom and I are mad that he didn't get the letter he wanted.
I pulled a total dick move. Before we met, I got a varsity letter certificate and filled it out with his name on it. When the dad gave me the line about how thought his kid should've lettered, I pulled it out and gave it to him.
He said, "what's this?"
I said, "it's his varsity letter".
"What?"
"You, your wife, and your kid wanted him to letter, so there it is. He lettered."
"I don't want this."
"Oh. I guess if you changed your mind, I can take it back."
Crickets...and he got up and left. Took the letter with him though. The only thing I heard was the AD in his office next door laughing.