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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is trying out for a high school sports team that our school system treats as a club. So parents are largely responsible for paying to play and then fundraising on top of that.

My daughter has been attending all the practices, and even extra ones when a rival for her position missed them. This week for Spring Break her rival is away in Florida.

This evening my daughter got an email from the coach and then dissolved into tears. He said it’s great she’s going to attend every practice this week, but that she won’t be able to get much playing time this season. H[b]e said to my daughter that she just doesn’t contribute as much as the rival and her family do to the team’s fortunes.[/b] He said he’d try to get her an opportunity to compete at some point this season, but she has to understand that starting ahead of the rival won’t be happening.

Her Mom (my ex) is furious and wants to call the coach and give him the business. I disagree because although my daughter does seem to be better at her position than the rival, as a club sport the coach has to balance the books. If the other kid’s parents can balance the club’s books with a check, well that’s the breaks. My daughter still gets to put this down as a club sport on her college application, and she gets to work with kids at practice and bond with her teammates. She also learns that life isn’t fair, and sometimes things are more complicated than they appear at first glance.

I just hung up on my ex when she screamed at me as I tried to explain this. Am I missing something? It would be one thing if it were say high school football with the school system largely funding the team. Then I’d be really upset at the coach. But I’m a high school club sport where finances matter. I just don’t see how I can begrudge the coach for doing what he has to do to keep the club going another year.[/quote]

I sincerely doubt he said it this way.  What did the coach say exactly.[/quote]

This. Not the whole story. [/quote]

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