Now that may very well be a good point for many! Especially out of town eventsI had to lay-off 60% of my staff last week. Also losing 90% of my production. The reality is that if this lasts too long, we won’t be able to afford to travel this summer. Just a fact.
I had to lay-off 60% of my staff last week. Also losing 90% of my production. The reality is that if this lasts too long, we won’t be able to afford to travel this summer. Just a fact.
In all honesty, its like the last thing people should be worrying about.
And how would you know to what degree people are worrying about things? Maybe people just want a 10-minute break from everything to talk about something else? Maybe people are so tired of worrying about the "important stuff" and just want something to look forward to. In all honesty, being presumptuous and assuming the levels of concern people have over a post is ridiculous. Why people have to be like this is beyond me.
We discussed alternatives for the girls if the tournaments start getting cancelled and came up with we think will be an option for most teams:
https://www.thesoftballzone.com/com...-mini-tournaments-sat-sun-warren-ohio.119369/
And HTF do i get categorized with those "people" by what i said? And how did you geniuses get that im for shutting everything down ? You pretty much summed up my rationale yourself until the self indulgent bullshit at the end.So how exactly would you know how worried anyone is about any of this?
Exactly, I completely agree with AnotherSoftballDad. These are the same people who want the whole country to be shut down for an extended period of time, while our economy goes to crap. End result, people will lose their jobs, homes, more kids will go hungry, they won't be able to get proper healthcare.. and so on. Maybe after some of us are out there working on the front lines, risking exposure everyday, we would like to come home and talk a little bit of softball without being attacked for not taking this seriously. Just because some refuse to live in fear doesn't mean we aren't taking this seriously. We have to look at the larger picture here. What would an extended lock down do to our country? I fear the repercussions would be far worse than the damage this virus has done. That's what scares me. And what about self responsibility??? If I'm elderly or immuno-compromised, I would be putting myself in quarantine until this passes. That's why some of us need to be decent human beings and offer to help these high risk people so they can stay home.
Self-indulgent? If you only knew how wrong you are.. sorry you're so angry. smh...
Did you not see the friendlies are in May? Quit over reacting about everything! This may all be over by then!
But...But...But... What about that scholarship that my DD's travel coach promised that she would get this year??????
This was said in jest of course.
However, I have come across some parents that I quite sure would be OK with hundreds of innocent people dying if it got their kid a scholarship.
I don't see anything wrong with scheduling an event in May... actually good to see some optimism! If we can cancel events last minute for rain, we can do the same if public health experts still deem it necessary to avoid these types of events once we get closer to the date. Good luck Fire Fastpitch!The dates we are putting together don't start until May and obviously its pretty easy to respect fellow organizations, coaches and parents wishes since it is a sign up. This is just something we put together early in case the general feel is clear by May.
Assuming teams haven't been practicing, how long will it take teams to get back into shape playing tournaments once the bans are lifted. say 5 to 7 practices?