06-29-2009, 12:40 PM
<!--quoteo(post=47016:date=Jun 29 2009, 11:34 AM:name=Lance)-->QUOTE (Lance @ Jun 29 2009, 11:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Sorry to hear that, Tommy. When kids reach that adolescent stage, most of them want to spend more time with their friends and less with their parents. It's no reflection on you--it's just the way it is.
Funny you should mention the situation with going to the softball world series, because I had the exact same thing with basketball. My son's team qualified for the nationals--but that meant a week at Myrtle Beach at a cost of at least $1000 per family. No way could we have raised enough money to make a serious dent in the per family cost. On top of that, they are good--but not that good. They would have no chance to compete for the national title. They've played good teams, so I have a pretty good sense of what would happen in that venue. And if they had gone, my son might have played for a minute in each game--he'd be the last guy off the bench. Fortunately, they decided not to go.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
there are two scenario's that can bail me out of this:
1. we're still going to the big iowa tournament (which to me is a world series, without the world series sponsership). that one is the weekend of july 17 thru 19. the world series starts immediately after. if we good to iowa and get trounced, they may just decide the the world sereis isn't a good idea. this is a very real possibility. the iowa tournament is big time with big time teams. we don't have a chance in hell of doing well there. our coach is a lunatic though, so who knows?
2. they decide not to give us the invitation because the rules state that you have to come in 1st or 2nd in a sponsered tournament. we came in third, barely. hopefully they won't give us the bid.
Funny you should mention the situation with going to the softball world series, because I had the exact same thing with basketball. My son's team qualified for the nationals--but that meant a week at Myrtle Beach at a cost of at least $1000 per family. No way could we have raised enough money to make a serious dent in the per family cost. On top of that, they are good--but not that good. They would have no chance to compete for the national title. They've played good teams, so I have a pretty good sense of what would happen in that venue. And if they had gone, my son might have played for a minute in each game--he'd be the last guy off the bench. Fortunately, they decided not to go.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
there are two scenario's that can bail me out of this:
1. we're still going to the big iowa tournament (which to me is a world series, without the world series sponsership). that one is the weekend of july 17 thru 19. the world series starts immediately after. if we good to iowa and get trounced, they may just decide the the world sereis isn't a good idea. this is a very real possibility. the iowa tournament is big time with big time teams. we don't have a chance in hell of doing well there. our coach is a lunatic though, so who knows?
2. they decide not to give us the invitation because the rules state that you have to come in 1st or 2nd in a sponsered tournament. we came in third, barely. hopefully they won't give us the bid.
Wang.