Hypocrisy seems to be in fashion. I as far as I know, there are two Bantam teams that have the same issue with PDR. As Wave 2. Why are they still going to the post season ? Could it be that they are charter members of "The good old boys club" ? If some of you posting think things like this doesn't happen every year in possible YOUR club, you are kidding youself. If you look at who "pushed" for this inquire and who benefited here would most likely be our answer. I know rules are rules. There just needs to be a level playing field.
OK let’s hear it. Who are the Bantam teams? I’m a believer in the rules and if other teams are cheating provide the facts. The “rumors†(I say rumors because I’m not privy to the facts) on this team are in and I haven’t seen anything to dispute that one of their kids who helped them meet PDR on the number quit well before the deadline and was harassed because of it. The Team found an ex-Wave replacement kid who had quit hockey and didn’t want to play anymore but the parents “supposedly†paid dues anyway and the kid who really didn’t want to play didn’t show up more than a few times and when he didn’t, they put him on the game sheets anyway and signed that he was there.
The facts on the Bantam A3 team is that a coach was given a SS violation that was very serious and could have put kids in real danger. Punishment was not coaching for a year at a certain club (who takes SS violations seriously) and instead of biting the bullet and doing his time, he decides to take his whole team somewhere else. Now they're doing the same score sheet business. The worst part is that the Club they go to has $$ on their mind and takes in these coaches and kids and now the aftermath.
The point is, if coaches think they’re going to jump to other clubs and take large amounts of players with them, they will be looked at very closely by those other clubs. I’m not a part of the Ice Dogs or the Ducks, but if I was management in those organizations, and one of these two coaches took off with what is akin to trade secrets or intellectual property or a non-compete clause in business, then yes, I would go after them too. That’s why they put PDR and Block Recruiting Rules in place to begin with. There have been plenty of coaches who have switched clubs and done it the right way. Sure, the club they left may not have been happy and some players may have followed, but the coaches followed the rules because they knew they’d be under a microscope.
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