[falconmaster]

Ok you all dragged me in. While it is difficult to sometimes see what you might be doing to some else. It is always a great experiment to try an imaging placing yourself in their shoes. Sometimes district policies seem like they make no sense or at least they seem to be going about trying to solve the perceived situation the wrong way. Open dialog between the two parties, the team and the district, open means both sides are willing to look at the other side's point of view can usually result in a compromise that will benefit both parties.
Another way to take this situation is to turn your situation into a challenge to show how your team can over come these issues with gracious professionalism. A story comes to mind. Most of you won't know who I am talking about but the story still makes a point.
A famous marathon runner by the name of Bill Rodgers was asked once what he thought of racing and how he mentally was able to stay on top for so long. (He won 4 Boston and 4 New York Marathons, a feat no one else has done) His answer was that is was hard when he would go to races and see that there was no competition. He knew that he would win the race, but he would not be at all excited about it. He then said that when he did see people that were great runners and a threat to him that he felt excited. When asked if he got nervous or scared that he would loose, he answered no. When asked why, he said that he looked at it like this. If no one else should up that could beat me the race would be mediocre and just another race, however if some showed up that could beat me then I was looking forward to setting a world record! Its all in his attitude to make the situation work for him. So I guess my advise would be, make the situation work for you not against you.