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re: Cooperstown Trip Cancelled
Posted on 3/21/20 at 5:41 am to Kool Hand Luke
Posted on 3/21/20 at 5:41 am to Kool Hand Luke
I hate travel ball fund raisers/beggars... If you can’t afford to take your kid yourself then don’t go/play, it’s voluntary. Why should others pay for your Kid to play baseball. I went to swim meets all around the country and nobody paid a dime except my parents
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Posted on 3/21/20 at 6:33 am to DaBeerz
The great thing about fundraisers is that its voluntary in terms of the person being asked to cough up the funds wants to contribute or not. You don’t get what you don’t ask for. Don’t want to contribute? Don’t. Kid gets rejected for asking. That’s fine too. There is a lesson in there if the adult helps the kid understand it.
It also helps these youngsters, providing they are shown how to do it by a superior, to get out there and craft some people skills of their own. Nothing wrong with that.
I will say I am more of a fan of the traditional knock on your door, meet someone for the first time in the yard, etc. type approach as opposed to setting up shop at a local grocer. Sure, volume matters and I see why they do it, but nothing beats a good hustle than door to door.
It also helps these youngsters, providing they are shown how to do it by a superior, to get out there and craft some people skills of their own. Nothing wrong with that.
I will say I am more of a fan of the traditional knock on your door, meet someone for the first time in the yard, etc. type approach as opposed to setting up shop at a local grocer. Sure, volume matters and I see why they do it, but nothing beats a good hustle than door to door.
This post was edited on 3/21/20 at 6:36 am
Posted on 3/21/20 at 9:52 am to DaBeerz
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I hate travel ball fund raisers/beggars... If you can’t afford to take your kid yourself then don’t go/play, it’s voluntary. Why should others pay for your Kid to play baseball. I went to swim meets all around the country and nobody paid a dime except my parents
Consider yourself lucky. You cane from a family with money.
Plenty of kids grow up in situations where they and their parents wonder where there next meal will come from. I coached a travel team who had no uniforms or even vehicles to travel to games.
Parents gave what they could but was t close to enough. So the kids went out and raised the money. Did what they had to do. There were no leagues for them to play in so travel was the only way to go
Team didn’t win a game. Lots of the games were pretty lopsided. However they did learn the value of not giving up and that just because you are poor it doesn’t mean you can’t still find a way to make it.
You have missed the entire point of team sports and are the problem with “travel” ball in general.
Sorry some kids weren’t blessed with having money like you did. I’d take those kids any day over someone who looks down on those trying to find a way to make it.
This post was edited on 3/21/20 at 11:26 am
Posted on 4/21/20 at 11:32 pm to DaBeerz
You are a piece of shite Dabeerz.
I coach a 12 yr old team filled with kids whose parents cant afford a trip to Cooperstown. frick you you pussy. You ever volunteered to help kids before you fricking prick? You suck at life
I coach a 12 yr old team filled with kids whose parents cant afford a trip to Cooperstown. frick you you pussy. You ever volunteered to help kids before you fricking prick? You suck at life
Posted on 4/22/20 at 7:40 am to DaBeerz
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I hate travel ball fund raisers/beggars... If you can’t afford to take your kid yourself then don’t go/play, it’s voluntary. Why should others pay for your Kid to play baseball. I went to swim meets all around the country and nobody paid a dime except my parents
I mean... just don’t donate if that’s how you feel. I don’t have a problem throwing some less fortunate kids a couple bucks for a cool experience but I’m also not a poor like you sound like.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 10:43 am to DaBeerz
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I hate travel ball fund raisers/beggars... If you can’t afford to take your kid yourself then don’t go/play, it’s voluntary. Why should others pay for your Kid to play baseball. I went to swim meets all around the country and nobody paid a dime except my parents
There’s a difference between fund raisers and beggars. You usually provide a service when you fundraise. This year our team held a sporting clay event and we had people lining up to participate. The kids worked hard, sponsors benefited, and everyone had a great time. None of them did it because we were begging - they wanted to shoot, eat, and drink beer. We raised a grip too.
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