So here's a hypothetical story. Let's say you have a player who wants to join a
league and gets placed on a team. If the team is required to have a particular
number of players in the arena during the games you might figure on relying on
such a player to be accountable to their decision to be part of the league and
show up to play for the team. What might get irritating is if that person makes
comments such as "Now that I'm on a team I'll play hard" leading you
to think he has acknowledged having a place on the team and then when you ask
him what weeks he is available, getting a non-committal reply such as "I'm
the kind of person who will be there when I can and won't when I can't".
Still though, even in the wishy-washiness of a comment like that you might
still think there's an understanding of such a player being on your team...when
he decides to be there at all. Well, if such a player hears that a member of an
opposing team has to back out you might expect him to say something like
"that's a shame"...not "I'll sub for him" leaving others to
ask "are you ditching your current team?" If the reply from such a
player is "I never wanted to be on a team anyway, I just want to sub for
different teams" then it sure might sound like there's a lack of
accountability and communication and it may all be for the best because you
might not be able to grit your teeth and play nice after being
"ditched"...in essence so that player can join a different team. That
might even be enough to really light a fire under you to play harder than you
would have anyway. Especially if you have five other people who are dedicated,
practiced and passionate players who might perceive this other person's actions
as a juvenile way to straddle the fence in a competition. Have you enjoyed my
hypothetical story?
On a completely unrelated note...we are happy now to welcome our newest
addition David to the league team to fill a recently vacated spot. No
connection to the hypothetical story at all. ;)
Comments or
questions?
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