Longdisttrvlballer wrote:I hear a lot of “it’s about the girls” however it sure sounds like its about the money. It is a sad day when the criteria for getting invited back to friendly’s is based on snack bar support rather than quality of play and team sportsmanship. A team BBQ is defiantly poor judgment and Iam a advocate for supporting snack bars. But when talk of blacklisting teams for reasons other than poor coach, player or parent sportsmanship is a slippery slope that our sport shouldn’t be heading down. It is about the girls, and they don’t have control over their parents decision to support the snack bar.
You're over thinking it.
It's not like there's some "snack shack police" monitoring snackbar support of all the participants. But if a team blatantly and obviously does not support the snack shack, and the host notices, bet your a** that most would not invite the team back. The purpose of hosting is to RAISE FUNDS FOR THE TEAM. Not to marvel at sportsmanship or perfect the art of field dragging.
It doesn't matter if you like it. It's just true.
The good news is it WON'T be obvious to the host if you're not an ahole. If they don't BBQ or have a mom pulling up in the mini van with 10 buckets of KFC, it shouldn't be a problem.
Also, calling it a business is off the mark. This is not a venture to line anyone's pockets. It is a fundraiser to offest the brutal cost of travel sports in exchange for VERY affordable (try free) venues for teams to get some games.
