Gender Wars....

[DRJ1960]

Assuming (I have seen no written documentation from the schools)

[a] the communication was "back channel"... ie nothing written down... and
[b] knowing the implied threat of losing contracts (There is a larger, well respected BB Association in our area who would be glad to replace us).

Would we continue to "poke the bear" and lose our Association or would we knuckle under?

BNR--- These are VHSL schools

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by DRJ1960

Assuming (I have seen no written documentation from the schools)

[a] the communication was "back channel"... ie nothing written down... and
[b] knowing the implied threat of losing contracts (There is a larger, well respected BB Association in our area who would be glad to replace us).

Would we continue to "poke the bear" and lose our Association or would we knuckle under?

BNR--- These are VHSL schools

Being that I am in the other association, I would hope (and do believe) our leadership has the integrity not to even have that on the table during any negotiation.

[DRJ1960]

BNR, Lcubed48 and any others from your group,

My apologies for any slight of your group. I do not have ANY reason to have anything but respect for what you guys do. It is simply a fact of life for us that you are where our customers go if they become dissatisfied (Ft Lee Christmas tourney, Lawson Classic, for example).

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by DRJ1960

BNR, Lcubed48 and any others from your group,

My apologies for any slight of your group. I do not have ANY reason to have anything but respect for what you guys do. It is simply a fact of life for us that you are where our customers go if they become dissatisfied (Ft Lee Christmas tourney, Lawson Classic, for example).

Oh, I'm not taking it as a slight, just as a matter of fact.

If I were your association I wouldn't let the schools try to strong-arm you with this tactic.

Believe me, I know all too well what these schools around here are capable of doing/saying "off the record". It's the reason I ref public schools in Richmond instead of my local area.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by DRJ1960

Assuming (I have seen no written documentation from the schools)

[a] the communication was "back channel"... ie nothing written down... and
[b] knowing the implied threat of losing contracts (There is a larger, well respected BB Association in our area who would be glad to replace us).

Would we continue to "poke the bear" and lose our Association or would we knuckle under?

BNR--- These are VHSL schools

And this is one of many reasons why schools shouldn't have the ability to more or less arbitrarily choose their association. It is basically a conflict of interest. It should be managed by the state or regional organization.

Here, schools are assigned by the state to each organization based on geography. Those on the bordering areas and request for a change but they have to have a good reason. New organizations can and do form but it keeps most of the underhandedness out of it.

If there is a real problem, then the schools can get a change, but they have to justify it.