Post by joeyd on Jun 24, 2013 11:01:11 GMT -5
A friend of mine told me that on another message board that the Lemont Rocker name got lumped into a group of organizations on who to not play tournaments with.
So for anyone who wants to get valid information read now: The Lemont Rockers under new leadership of our Board of Directors ran 3 ASA qualifiers this year. 2 at 12/u and 1 at 14/u. We charged $425 per tournament (4 Game Guarantee! Might be the cheapest out there!) with refund policies for each tournament if the guarantee amount of games was not met! We had every field fenced! We never charged a gate fee! We dragged and re-lined the fields as much as they needed! We had trophies for top 2 teams and medals! We had updated brackets throughout the tournament! Results and Winning Team picture also posted on our homepage!
Yes we make money for our ORGANIZATION, but our goal was to provide the best quality tournament at the lowest price possible! We should also be in the business of promoting the game!
I personally have been at ASA qualifiers this year that: Didn't have softball distance Fences, tournament charged $625 and tournaments that offer no refund due to weather! All of this is UNACCEPTABLE!
I personally feel that not having a refund in place for weather is a total travesty and shouldn't be allowed! Why are people blatantly robbing other organizations? I certainly don't want to see a tournament host lose money because it is not easy to get all your ducks in a row to run a tournament and you should generate a profit or else no one would ever run a tournament, I get that and I agree with it! But being greedy is something that is wrong with our sport!
This is PART of the reason we changed leadership for our organization. As far as a person's attire, maybe he should go to the Salvation Army to pick up new clothes because he is no longer a Lemont Rocker!
My father Jim Didi gave back so much time and money to these kids, it is only right at least in my eyes our organization try to provide similar accommodations as he would of and I believe we are now!
Sorry for the rant but I am just getting tired of all the BS! We should not stand for this crap any longer!
So for anyone who wants to get valid information read now: The Lemont Rockers under new leadership of our Board of Directors ran 3 ASA qualifiers this year. 2 at 12/u and 1 at 14/u. We charged $425 per tournament (4 Game Guarantee! Might be the cheapest out there!) with refund policies for each tournament if the guarantee amount of games was not met! We had every field fenced! We never charged a gate fee! We dragged and re-lined the fields as much as they needed! We had trophies for top 2 teams and medals! We had updated brackets throughout the tournament! Results and Winning Team picture also posted on our homepage!
Yes we make money for our ORGANIZATION, but our goal was to provide the best quality tournament at the lowest price possible! We should also be in the business of promoting the game!
I personally have been at ASA qualifiers this year that: Didn't have softball distance Fences, tournament charged $625 and tournaments that offer no refund due to weather! All of this is UNACCEPTABLE!
I personally feel that not having a refund in place for weather is a total travesty and shouldn't be allowed! Why are people blatantly robbing other organizations? I certainly don't want to see a tournament host lose money because it is not easy to get all your ducks in a row to run a tournament and you should generate a profit or else no one would ever run a tournament, I get that and I agree with it! But being greedy is something that is wrong with our sport!
This is PART of the reason we changed leadership for our organization. As far as a person's attire, maybe he should go to the Salvation Army to pick up new clothes because he is no longer a Lemont Rocker!
My father Jim Didi gave back so much time and money to these kids, it is only right at least in my eyes our organization try to provide similar accommodations as he would of and I believe we are now!
Sorry for the rant but I am just getting tired of all the BS! We should not stand for this crap any longer!