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Originally Posted by JustAThought
However, cut because you have other things you do is just crazy. We have many students on our team who work, play sports and do this. If the kid is willing to work hard, they should not be punished.
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That's all fine and dandy for your team. In fact, mine was very similar, in that as long as you showed up pretty regularly and didn't cause problems or slack off, you were on the roster. We did have to complete pre-season training and log a certain amount of shop hours to travel "with the team" to competitions, but it was overall pretty flexible.
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Originally Posted by JustAThought (from first post)
To think I could have been cut from my team simply because I wanted to do other things is simply unacceptable.
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There are two sports that we knew we had conflicts with, and students who wished to be involved with those were given the ultimatum of "us or them," because we knew, from past experience, that in the end both teams (and the student) suffered because of the student's split time. While I would rather not turn down a student because of time constraints, there are some occasions where it
is the best way to go. I'll save my stories and examples, since there are already plenty given in this thread (necessary security clearance, school limitations, etc).
I feel as if I may know what team you're talking about, having both seen a lengthy application and talked to members of the team before. They had to add an application process because they didn't have the facilities, mentors, or teachers to support the amount of interest they were getting. Then again, I'm sure there are several MI teams that have this practice, and probably for the same reason. Not every team can run the same way, and I ask that you take a moment to consider that and be a bit more open-minded before you start claiming that there is a "right" and a "wrong" way to run a team.