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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like to say that I find if completely offensive that the qualifier events are Easter weekend.  [/quote]

oh good heavens get over it... [/quote]

No, I agree with that other poster and it’s pretty terrible.  I get it. All of this is optional.  Our kids don’t have to play any sport at all but it’s offensive that it is the holiest day of the entire year for some.

Would you care if a qualifier was on Christmas or Thanksgiving?  Easter is a major holiday for many. [/quote]

It's not the USVA's fault that your god decided to resurrect on a different day every year. Get over it. If it's your holiest day, just do your egg hunt instead of playing volleyball. These religious people are so entitled. [/quote]

That was a harsh reply to my post, that acknowledges sports are optional and kids don’t need to participate.  Yes, the dates of Easter change but so do the yearly dates of the NEQ. They always seem to align perfectly from Good Friday to Easter Sunday.  [/quote]

thoughts and prayers sweetie, thoughts and prayers....[/quote]

These mean responses just make me think so much less of the volleyball community.  It seems to me very odd to tell kids that if they want to play a sport they have to give up year after year of celebrating a major holiday with their family.  I would feel the same way way if they went out their way to always schedule the qualifier for Yom Kippur or another major holiday.  Why must it always be Easter weekend?  The kids are under a lot of pressure to attend.[/quote]
I think the mean responses are a bit of a reaction to the original post complaining about NEQ being held on Easter as “offensive”.  There are lots of holidays and special weekends for a lot of different reasons and it would be really tough for a tournament organizer to avoid them all. Different things are important for different people. If Easter or something else is really important for you, then you might have to make the tough choice to miss the tournament. But it’s not up to the tournament organizer to avoid every potential conflict. [/quote]

I was the one who said it was offensive and I would find it equally offensive if they planned it so that every year it landed on Yom Kippur, or Christmas, or Thanksgiving, or Eid. They go out of their way to alway make it on this one holiday?  I think it’s really awful to tell kids that, if they want to play this sport, they will have to give up celebrating that holiday with their parents every single year of their teen lives.  It also excludes a lot of kids from certain backgrounds.  I personally would allow my kid to participate, even though it irks me greatly, but my parents definitely would not have let me compete in a sport on that weekend.  
I see that many people disagree with me, but it is a sign to me that we’ve lost the thread on youth sports when we expect kids to give up major holidays with their families in order to keep their place on a team.  I’ve had two other kids participate at club level with three other sports and have not experienced something similar.[/quote]

I was another poster who used the word offended and agree with you.  I would feel that way about any other holiday of other religions if they were doing this to a different religion.  That’s the difference here. They seem to be going out of their way to align it with Easter. I don’t understand that since so many point out, the dates of Easter change.  My DD is going and we will have dinner after.

Like the PP, growing up there is no way I would have been allowed to be in a tournament on Good Friday or on Easter.  [/quote]

I was very offended last weekend because the kids were forced to compete on St. Patrick Day. Since St. Patrick Day is one of the holiest days of my household, I could not allow my kids to go to the tournament and see how the other teams and coaches (and even the refs) were making a mockery all dressed up in green (some even with funny green hats). USVA should be ashamed of itself for cheapening the St. Patrick Day experience. I've heard that they also ruin some people's president's day at The Capitol Hill Classic. [/quote]

completely agree.  Here's a recommnedation... if doing something other than jesusing on easter Sunday then don't play in the tournament.  Stop whining about it... we really don't care.  [/quote]

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