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So it boils down to money?
If I paid a lot of money.....I can vent and steam and make myself and others miserable? If its more or less free, who cares? Is this what we're saying?
Is this symptomatic of the human condition or what? We value...what we pay for? We value....what we perceive the price tag to be?
My guess is that the kids and coaches.....there is zero difference between a cxl'd HS tournament and a cxl'd club tournament. All that's left is disappointment and thoughts of what might have been. And that my friends....is what has value.
Next time someone wants to go off on a 32 page rant on MPSC or CESA or whomever canceling a tournament because of weather....think of the relative peace of this weekend, and chill.
Speaking of chilling....here in Fort Mill its been snowing for several hours and we now have about 2 inches of snow and its still coming. Kids are outside playing in the snow, school is cxl'd for tomorrow...and I'm already worrying about practice time this week. 3 tournaments in the Big Daddy household this coming weekend and those evil tournament organizers better not disappoint me by messing around and even thinking of cxlg!!!
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Kids play sports because they find it fun. Eliminate the fun and soon you eliminate the kid.
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I guessed first Daddy. 
Kids play sports because they find it fun. Eliminate the fun and soon you eliminate the kid.
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Airport has lost several times over the years in the taco bell....
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So it boils down to money?
If I paid a lot of money.....I can vent and steam and make myself and others miserable? If its more or less free, who cares?
Let's see my flight to San Diego has been cancelled and the airlines(Delta) wont refund my ticket money...so that I could use another airline. I would also like to make everyone miserable at my expense!! They would not even answer the phone today, I had to go to the Airport and personally talk to the ticket agent. (They were pleasant and very helpfull by the way) What's my point, -- here is a quick quote:
ATTITUDE
by: Charles Swindoll
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.
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So it boils down to money?
Well, if we're talking about people griping and demanding their money back, yeah, that pretty much boils down to money. No, it certainly doesn't justify making people around you miserable, but human nature is that the more you perceive to have invested in something, the more you feel slighted when you don't perceive a return. If I get home from Wal-Mart and find that a 75-cent candy bar I paid for didn't make its way to the bag, no biggie...shrug the shoulders and move on. If it's a $20 DVD, though, or a $50 fishing reel, I'm a lot more likely to drive back over there to find out what happened and ask that said item make its way into the bag or get a refund. Doesn't mean I have to call the cashier/bagger names and accuse him of being crooked, though.
You make a great point, though, BD...for the players and coaches, a lost opportunity to play is a lost opportunity to play, and the value of that experience doesn't change when you raise or lower the dollar amount. If everyone who didn't get their time on the pitch this weekend can handle it with grace and goodwill, then maybe there's hope that people will accept what can't be helped in other arenas with equal composure.
I've got good news and bad news...
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What was the entry fee for VC?
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Doesn't matter. I, as a parent, did not have to write a check. 
Kids play sports because they find it fun. Eliminate the fun and soon you eliminate the kid.
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