[Amanda Morrison]

I think that a lot of times, veteran teams are discriminated against, especially ones that have done well in the past. Talking with other mentors, I can see that sometimes teams are expected to do well because of past successes, or are expected to do badly because of past losses.

I guess what I'm getting at is that a lot of times teams or individuals make pre-judgements about other teams, and that is kind of aggravating. Nobody wants to come into a team with a lot of pressure to do well, and nobody wants to come onto a less successful team and get no encouragement. Sometimes good sportsmanship isn't present where it should be.

I'm sorry M. seemed to have experienced some bad times herself.