April 2008 Weddings
mrsskiz
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Camping out for football sign ups
I just sent out an email asking my parents and brothers to sign up for a 2 hour shift to wait in line to sign Chase up for football. Seriously. We can start lining up at 6pm the night before sign ups. That is 14 hours before signups. Since they gave that little bit of information, I think its best we do it or we wont get signed up. They only take 35 kids per division. They allow people to switch out for bathroom breaks, food runs, all that, so it shouldnt be too bad, but COME ON!!! Really? We have to camp out? Why cant they have more teams per division?????
Re: Camping out for football sign ups
Wow. You are a good mama for doing that
But maybe a lottery would be best for those who's parents can't wait in line overnight.
And I agree with you about the volunteering = your kid gets a spot.
I don't like the lottery idea because a parent who wants their kid in it and the kid doesn't want to put forth the effort may get on the time. Or vice versa, the parent doesn't want to put in the time to get them to practice and games so the entire team suffers. At that age though, I would say that tryouts would be the best idea and isn't 35 kids one team? I wouldn't think they'd be playing both ways since that usually doesn't happen as often, maybe 2 teams at max.
It is ridiculous but I can see their want to keep it smaller and I'm sure since it's run by volunteers you probably will sign up and there will be a commitment to volunteer expected. Honestly, I help with our wrestling club and it's a giant PITA with parents volunteering for little things or showing up to fundraising events. They don't feel the need and don't want to miss their kid wrestling but we need those volunteers and they agree to it at the beginning but don't want to actually do it. It's sad, so I can see why they want to be more selective.