- Apr 25, 2012
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Looking for input?
So my daughter has cheered for a gym the past 3 years and has been a crossover the last 2 years. We completed the season with a Year End Banquet/Awards scheduled 5 weeks after our last competition. During that time we decided to check out other gyms where she participated in clinics as well as tryouts. Before we confirmed with any gym and less than a week before the Banquet, my family was UNINVITED to the event. My family is not the only one in this situation either... multiple familes have been personally called by the cheer director to be uninvited as they feel it is a conflict of interest. Other athletes that have moved onto a rec or school program have NOT lost their invite. It is my understanding that it is only those families that have tried out at other competitive allstar programs that they are aware of (as some people have kept that type of information more private). We have purchased a fancy dress for my daughter and she has been looking forward to this event for a long time as we ADORE our cheer family/friends. We are the type of people who have even shared a hotel room with a close friend that wears another gym's uniform at a competition... because we love the people. We are the type of people that go up to the VIP area at a competition to cheer for friends with other gyms... because we support the athletes. We would NOT go to the Banquet to try and pull others away from that gym! WE are so hurt by this and I want to know what other cheer people in other areas think of the situation. Is this a normal business practice? Should I have expected this?
So my daughter has cheered for a gym the past 3 years and has been a crossover the last 2 years. We completed the season with a Year End Banquet/Awards scheduled 5 weeks after our last competition. During that time we decided to check out other gyms where she participated in clinics as well as tryouts. Before we confirmed with any gym and less than a week before the Banquet, my family was UNINVITED to the event. My family is not the only one in this situation either... multiple familes have been personally called by the cheer director to be uninvited as they feel it is a conflict of interest. Other athletes that have moved onto a rec or school program have NOT lost their invite. It is my understanding that it is only those families that have tried out at other competitive allstar programs that they are aware of (as some people have kept that type of information more private). We have purchased a fancy dress for my daughter and she has been looking forward to this event for a long time as we ADORE our cheer family/friends. We are the type of people who have even shared a hotel room with a close friend that wears another gym's uniform at a competition... because we love the people. We are the type of people that go up to the VIP area at a competition to cheer for friends with other gyms... because we support the athletes. We would NOT go to the Banquet to try and pull others away from that gym! WE are so hurt by this and I want to know what other cheer people in other areas think of the situation. Is this a normal business practice? Should I have expected this?