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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Respond back and cc all.  Ask those questions and see what the response is.[/quote]

Dd would *kill* me. [/quote]

Lol

So you are being held hostage by the people who volunteer to manage your child’s team AND by your teenaged DD? Do you see a pattern?

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I was thinking the same.

OP, that poster gave you a good suggestion.  You can ask about it or you can just do it.  Or you can opt out.

This is a YOU problem, not a team problem.  [/quote]

+1 The kids need to eat before the game. Some parents stepped up and volunteered and came up with a system to make sure that happened.

OP, if you don't like that system, feel free to volunteer and organize a different one. Or opt your child out and make sure you pack a full dinner so that your child isn't mooching off the kids whose parents opted in.

OP Is the worst kind of parent to have on a team or activity. Tons of opinions about how the parents who volunteered should have done things but no willingness to actually be part of the solution[/quote]

Opting out would be a fine suggestion if there were an opt out.  My dd actually told me not to pay and that she wanted to take a dinner from home.  And then the coach laid it on hard at practice that it was important to participate, and later made a followup to parents saying the same thing.   No one has called it optional.  (Of course, legally, that is surely the case, but that's not the intent of the coach or the parents and not indicated as an option in any way.)

I don't disagree that kids should fortify themselves before a game.  But having a non optional system designed by one or two people and assuming everyone wants to go along with their restaurant take-out meal is very presumptious.  (One restaurant mentioned is chick-fila, which my kid won't eat for political reasons, and I assume has little in the way of vegetarian food so I'm guessing that would mean just eating something like fries if she were willing).

I don't disagree that parent volunteers have a tough task.  I don't know where these parents were appointed-- there's never been a team meeting where volunteers were requested.  I generally show only appreciation for people who step up.  But it's not right to create a no-opt-out system that suits their own preferences for meat-based, fat/preservative-rich, expensive (compared to taking something from home) meals at a particular time, and then *require* everyone else to donate to support their vision.

This would be perfectly fine if a) an opt out were explicitly offered (with a statement that kid should bring a substitute meal to eat with the team), and b) the coach didn't also imply that it was required.  (I don't have a particular trust issue with sending a zelle to the team parent, but yes--that's also what is happening here).

I'd even be fine if there were some sort of brief, online vote about what the team expenses should be for the season (should we buy matching t-shirts?  should we have restaurant-meals before every game?) with a statement that everyone would be expected to go along if there were at least, say, 66% of people in favor.

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