With all that has gone down lately, I have been talking to numerous coaches and we are interested in hearing your thoughts on various subjects that we know occur in the industry. I'd love to hear input from everyone (coaches, athletes, parents, etc). Too be honest, some of them I am on the fence about, so am curious to hear others input to help me formulate opinions. I am interested what everyones thoughts are on some of the below issues that do happen in our industry.
*Competition companies letting teams compete at their events for free (local AND world's bid)
*Vendors giving gyms their *OWN* exclusive representative.
*Free Uniforms, Shoes, Practicewear, etc.
*EP's making sure certain gyms/teams win based on numbers (more so locally. If a big gym attends a local competition, sometimes that is the ONLY reason a competition can afford to exist).
*EP's Discounting competition fees based on gym size.
*Getting scoresheet information before the public does.
DISCLAIMER - Please keep gyms out of this. I can tell you a lot of these things I have witnessed first hand at gyms I have coaches at, and Ive never coached anywhere huge. Im sure big gyms AND small gyms get incentives. This is for general discussion, not flinging names around.
*Competition companies letting teams compete at their events for free (local AND world's bid)
*Vendors giving gyms their *OWN* exclusive representative.
*Free Uniforms, Shoes, Practicewear, etc.
*EP's making sure certain gyms/teams win based on numbers (more so locally. If a big gym attends a local competition, sometimes that is the ONLY reason a competition can afford to exist).
*EP's Discounting competition fees based on gym size.
*Getting scoresheet information before the public does.
DISCLAIMER - Please keep gyms out of this. I can tell you a lot of these things I have witnessed first hand at gyms I have coaches at, and Ive never coached anywhere huge. Im sure big gyms AND small gyms get incentives. This is for general discussion, not flinging names around.