Worst luck ever

[Rich]

Originally Posted by representing

OK, I'm going to try this one more time. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION...

I am NOT complaining about the game I lost due to the weather. I am complaining about the two games I lost due to one team of both games canceling out due to not enough players (injuries, educational suspensions, etc). Schools should be held accountable for non-weather situations causing a cancellation in games. That is all I am saying.

Why?

Again, the *contract* or *agreement* in place defines what your rights are. Sometimes it's not wise to try to assert those rights.

Those schools *want* to play. They have kids that won't play now, concessions that won't be sold, etc. etc. If they don't have enough players, they don't have enough players. If they have a track record of cancelling late, then don't accept games from them.

Last season, one of my regular schools in football asked me to take a lot of subvarsity dates. The previous season we lost 4 or 5 games (usually JV) when teams decided they had too many injuries and didn't want to play the games -- these were always the visiting teams playing this school. I consider it their right to cancel those games, but like I told the AD, I consider it my right to schedule games that I actually think will go on as scheduled. I took some from him, passed on others (because the visiting schools were repeat offenders). The one thing I hadn't thought about that he communicated to me was *his* frustration in schools cancelling like this.