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[quote=Cruzado]This sounds like a terrible miscommunication by all involved at the club.

I think that Coach Cyan should have stepped up and help you make things right either by allowing your son to roster with Team Cyan for the tournament somehow, or perhaps finding another team (such as the one from whom the replacement was drawn, who might be down a player) so that your son could play on; or, frankly, Coach Cyan could have reached out to Coach Purple directly to sort this out.

People throw around the term "unacceptable" all the time, but here it really fits---this is unacceptable. You have a kid who is part of a club, obviously on the bubble between Team Cyan and Team Purple, he's following direction and practicing with whatever team the club tells him to, he's willing to play with whichever team the club assigns him, and then he gets screwed at the last minute and is denied a chance to play for either team (or any team!) over the Labor Day Tournament weekend?  That is simply unacceptable.

I would call the director today, I'd be the biggest pain-in-the-butt until he made time to speak with me about this, and explain the situation; the unfairness of it all obvious on its face, I can't imagine he would defend any of it. He should work with Coach Cyan and Coach Purple (and maybe other coaches, if there's any other color team that needs a player this weekend) and do all he can to see if he can help fix this situation. Maybe he can't, due to tournament paperwork and legal mumbo jumbo with waivers etc. (although, presumably you signed the waivers for the tournament already?) but he should try.

And most importantly, the club director should have a talk with Coach Purple and Coach Cyan to sort out your child's position and prevent this from happening again.

(I understand why you wouldn't want to name the club now, but if you end up leaving next year please update this thread with the club name to help other children avoid this same treatment, and to send a message to the club that people will not pay to be treated like this.)[/quote]

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