Ralph S.
01-29-2007, 12:05 PM
This initial event happened about two weeks ago, but I have been waiting to post on it, giving it a chance to play out some.
Two Thursdays ago, my friends team was kicked out of their league. Rone {my friend} had called the person in charge of the league and asked if they could play their match that night locally, instead of driving 45 minutes to the in=house league site. They were told "NO" by the organizer even though the requested locale was in the same charter group. The request for the alternate site was due to one of the players having severe medical issues with an immediate family member and wanted to reduce the time away from home that night as much as possible.
Rone's team said no problem and made the drive anyway. They were playing another good friend of mine and Rone's that night. Both teams are very good and were running first and second in the league, which has a large amount of added money to the top finishing teams.
Upon arrival to play, the owner of the bar hosting the league and adding the money, promptly threw two envelopes with all the monies each team had paid thus far, onto the tables and told them "to get the **** out". After a large arguement and near brawl, Rone's team left. My other friends team refused to leave, claiming they did nothing wrong and didn't deserve to be kicked out of the league. Rone didn't deserve it either but was just too furious to even argue it.
Rone didvided the money amongst his players with each getting their proper amounts based on the number of nights played to that point. The amount involved here is about $525.00 for the team. One of Rone's team members is allowed to field four new players and just take over the second place position vacated the prior week. This should never have been allowed. Not to mention, Rone was stabbed in the back by a team mate and a friendship was ruined. My friend Chad, who is TC on the other team, was told that if he made a comment that was negative of the bar in any way shape or form, he would be kicked out too. This included any comments about getting a bad roll or complaints of table condition.
At the TC meeting held the week after all this happened, they were told that the charter holder would be making up the missing $525.00 that had been given back to Rone's team. Apparently, the league coordinator told my friend that nothing could be done since it was an in-house league. Now that the charter has stepped up and said they would kick in the $$$$ paid out, it should no longer be considered an in-house league and national should be able to step in and rectify things or pull somebody's charter or something.
Have any of you had a similar situation or know what might possibly happen in a mess like this? The whole ordeal has created some major controversy around here.
Two Thursdays ago, my friends team was kicked out of their league. Rone {my friend} had called the person in charge of the league and asked if they could play their match that night locally, instead of driving 45 minutes to the in=house league site. They were told "NO" by the organizer even though the requested locale was in the same charter group. The request for the alternate site was due to one of the players having severe medical issues with an immediate family member and wanted to reduce the time away from home that night as much as possible.
Rone's team said no problem and made the drive anyway. They were playing another good friend of mine and Rone's that night. Both teams are very good and were running first and second in the league, which has a large amount of added money to the top finishing teams.
Upon arrival to play, the owner of the bar hosting the league and adding the money, promptly threw two envelopes with all the monies each team had paid thus far, onto the tables and told them "to get the **** out". After a large arguement and near brawl, Rone's team left. My other friends team refused to leave, claiming they did nothing wrong and didn't deserve to be kicked out of the league. Rone didn't deserve it either but was just too furious to even argue it.
Rone didvided the money amongst his players with each getting their proper amounts based on the number of nights played to that point. The amount involved here is about $525.00 for the team. One of Rone's team members is allowed to field four new players and just take over the second place position vacated the prior week. This should never have been allowed. Not to mention, Rone was stabbed in the back by a team mate and a friendship was ruined. My friend Chad, who is TC on the other team, was told that if he made a comment that was negative of the bar in any way shape or form, he would be kicked out too. This included any comments about getting a bad roll or complaints of table condition.
At the TC meeting held the week after all this happened, they were told that the charter holder would be making up the missing $525.00 that had been given back to Rone's team. Apparently, the league coordinator told my friend that nothing could be done since it was an in-house league. Now that the charter has stepped up and said they would kick in the $$$$ paid out, it should no longer be considered an in-house league and national should be able to step in and rectify things or pull somebody's charter or something.
Have any of you had a similar situation or know what might possibly happen in a mess like this? The whole ordeal has created some major controversy around here.