Big Guy Posted November 2, 2015 Report Posted November 2, 2015 A young lady of 14 years has been dropped from an elite girls soccer team because she and her parents have been critical of the sponsor of their soccer team: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-island-teen-soccer-1.3295474 A club news release said the decision was "collective" and based on feedback from players, families and volunteers. Freyja and her mother Anissa Reed, who live in Comox, B.C., oppose open net-pen salmon farming and have been at odds with the club over a sponsorship deal announced in August with Marine Harvest Canada, one of the world's largest salmon-farming companies. Is it fair to drop a 14 yr old from playing on an elite team because she and her parent oppose the sponsor of the team? Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
Boges Posted November 2, 2015 Report Posted November 2, 2015 (edited) Playing Club Soccer isn't a right. Perhaps she can find another team that has a sponsor that the mother finds acceptable. Edited November 2, 2015 by Charles Anthony deleted re-copied Opening Post Quote
Hal 9000 Posted November 2, 2015 Report Posted November 2, 2015 (edited) Sports are all about sponsorship, without it, there would be no sports. The league told he she wouldn't have to wear the company logo or pose for team photos, but that wasn't enough, they chose to agitate the league and everyone involved with the team. If mom wants to push her political agenda at the cost of her child's athletic future, then so be it. Edited November 2, 2015 by Hal 9000 Quote The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. - Ronald Reagan I have said that the Western world is just as violent as the Islamic world - Dialamah Europe seems to excel at fooling people to immigrate there from the ME only to chew them up and spit them back. - Eyeball Unfortunately our policies have contributed to retarding and limiting their (Muslim's) society's natural progression towards the same enlightened state we take for granted. - Eyeball
overthere Posted November 2, 2015 Report Posted November 2, 2015 Sports are all about sponsorship, without it, there would be no sports. The league told he she wouldn't have to wear the company logo or pose for team photos, but that wasn't enough, they chose to agitate the league and everyone involved with the team. If mom wants to push her political agenda at the cost of her child's athletic future, then so be it. No, the vast majority of amateur sports function on money supplied by parents directly or indirectly, via their pockets or by fundraising. Some elite or 'representative' teams do have sponsors, but the heart of this is not commercial. Elite teams are competitive: you have to excel to make the team, to get playing time, to stay on the roster. If your behaviour disrupts the main purpose of elite teams: to develop players and win games- you are gonzo. if it is your parents that are disruptive, the player exits. It may sound harsh, but all of this is carefully explained pre season. It is entirely common for parents to completely lose perspective in kids sports, and it is amplified when the kid is a good athlete. Quote Science too hard for you? Try religion!
Hal 9000 Posted November 3, 2015 Report Posted November 3, 2015 This sums things up nicely; http://www.alaskasalmonranching.com/kids-as-collateral-damage-no-problem-says-activist-mom/ Quote The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. - Ronald Reagan I have said that the Western world is just as violent as the Islamic world - Dialamah Europe seems to excel at fooling people to immigrate there from the ME only to chew them up and spit them back. - Eyeball Unfortunately our policies have contributed to retarding and limiting their (Muslim's) society's natural progression towards the same enlightened state we take for granted. - Eyeball
The_Squid Posted November 3, 2015 Report Posted November 3, 2015 (edited) So if the government helps fund a team, the players or their families can't criticize the government??? This is sheer stupidity. This isn't pro sports. It's kids and their parents.... they should be allowed to say whatever the hell they want. Edited November 3, 2015 by The_Squid Quote
Hal 9000 Posted November 3, 2015 Report Posted November 3, 2015 So if the government helps fund a team, the players or their families can't criticize the government??? This is sheer stupidity. This isn't pro sports. It's kids and their parents.... they should be allowed to say whatever the hell they want. Really, you think this is about kids...or sports? It stopped being about kids and sports when mom decided that her political agenda was worth more than her daughter's sports. Quote The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. - Ronald Reagan I have said that the Western world is just as violent as the Islamic world - Dialamah Europe seems to excel at fooling people to immigrate there from the ME only to chew them up and spit them back. - Eyeball Unfortunately our policies have contributed to retarding and limiting their (Muslim's) society's natural progression towards the same enlightened state we take for granted. - Eyeball
Boges Posted November 3, 2015 Report Posted November 3, 2015 So if the government helps fund a team, the players or their families can't criticize the government??? This is sheer stupidity. This isn't pro sports. It's kids and their parents.... they should be allowed to say whatever the hell they want. Depends if the government threatened to pull funding if the critical behaviour continued. You're saying the team should risk losing a sponsor because. . . freedom of speech? I thought we had freedom of speech but we also had to accept to consequences of freedom of speech. Quote
msj Posted November 3, 2015 Report Posted November 3, 2015 This is not about "freedom of speech." This has nothing to do with government. If it did, perhaps freedom of speech and the Charter would be relevant. But it didn't so they are not. It's simple: don't bite the hand that feeds in ways that violate the code of conduct that you sign on to to be a part of the team. Quote If a believer demands that I, as a non-believer, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect but for my submission. And that is incompatible with a secular democracy. Flemming Rose (Dutch journalist) My biggest takeaway from economics is that the past wasn't as good as you remember, the present isn't as bad as you think, and the future will be better than you anticipate. Morgan Housel http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/14/things-im-pretty-sure-about.aspx
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