And personally, that is why this sport suffers. How does that make sense? So, I can go pull a professional football player to play in college game if he is of age and meets college requirements?
If the NCAA allowed it then yes you could do just that.
We will be staying with the small gym, I like the integrity they show and they treat my child like part of a family. That is what is important to me and I want my child to know those values.
If this is what works for you then awesome. For what it is worth, bigger gyms can offer the same thing, you just need to find the right one
Yes, recruiting client is normal for a business to survive and there you hit it on the head. It is a business, Big Business. So, with that said our gym should go and try to "recruit" girls from the opposing gyms, middle schools, high schools, heck other teams at competition. Maybe we should even offer kids incentive like take money off of their tuition for leaving their gym and coming to ours (which is gym is currently doing). So, this business I assume you are talking about is winning because winning at whatever the cost is exactly what kids should be learning. That is exactly why we are raising a bunch of children with entitlement issues. I cannot wait for them to enter the workforce. When job A is no longer any fun then they will quit and go to job B, and then when they don't get their way quit job B and go to job C, and so on and so on. Also, my marriage is no longer interesting and hard so maybe I will just quit it also. This just seems like a slippery slope.
Yes, your gym could go recruit kids back but it can be a slippery slope for a small gym to offer financial incentive. Less money coming in means less profit and ultimately less services offered. As much as gyms promote a family feel it is a business. If not enough money coming in they will not survive.
Unethical recruiting practices include actively doing it at comps and during the cheer season. Which it sounds like the other gym is doing but was not in your original post. Kids are fair game after the season which is why gyms will often hold evaluations right after worlds, sometimes before, so they can lock up the kids.
For the business aspect, the business is not winning, that is a benefit of running a successful program. Knowing how to grow your athletes and advance them when they are ready. The business isn't family, if you want family and fairness for all do community recreation cheer where everything is dictated, even where you have to live to be in a certain program. You know, one of the Everybody gets a trophy program. That is the where entitlement comes from. You get a trophy for showing up, not for working your butt off and excelling.
What is wrong with leaving a job that no longer interests you? Nothing, especially if that job has nothing else to offer you whether it be financial, personal satisfaction or advancement. Relating this to cheer, WE are paying the gyms so if we as customers are not happy why should we stay? Gyms are not 1 size fits all. Bottom line is, and you know this, if your gym has a good product the kids will stay and even some of those who leave will be back.
I am politely declining the marriage advice. Might be for the best. [emoji15].
Btw, welcome to the boards. Lots of knowledge and opinions are available. Some are just better than others.
**Awwww isn't that cute, you have multiple user names and don't think we know**
