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jayswin · 11-04-2008, 04:10 PM

I considered trying to join this team, purchase the jerseys, socks, etc. I would love to be on an 'organized' team again, rather than the usual Saturday pickup game, which I haven't been able to do since my son was born in January... Some things are more important.

Having said that, if I had the financial means to afford the icetime, and the uniforms, the last thing I would want to do is waste that time getting drunk ahead of the game. I would be paying that money to play on a compeditive team, but above all else, to have fun.

Now, if that's the team's idea of having fun, fair enough. If I paid that much money to sit on the other bench watching people make asses of themselves, I would have laughed to start, but if a game is called, and I'm basically paying for ice time for people to ruin the experience for me, I'm not happy.

I would agree with your post if this happeneed all the time, but one thing some posters are missing is the fact that this was an 11:15pm start on Halloween night in a town outside of Calgary. Our team had already agreed that if we didn't turn it into an event, then we wouldn't have been able to field a team, and the game would have been cancelled anyways. It was one game.

11-04-2008, 04:10 PM	#117
jayswin Celebrated Square Root Day Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	I considered trying to join this team, purchase the jerseys, socks, etc. I would love to be on an 'organized' team again, rather than the usual Saturday pickup game, which I haven't been able to do since my son was born in January... Some things are more important. Having said that, if I had the financial means to afford the icetime, and the uniforms, the last thing I would want to do is waste that time getting drunk ahead of the game. I would be paying that money to play on a compeditive team, but above all else, to have fun. Now, if that's the team's idea of having fun, fair enough. If I paid that much money to sit on the other bench watching people make asses of themselves, I would have laughed to start, but if a game is called, and I'm basically paying for ice time for people to ruin the experience for me, I'm not happy. I would agree with your post if this happeneed all the time, but one thing some posters are missing is the fact that this was an 11:15pm start on Halloween night in a town outside of Calgary. Our team had already agreed that if we didn't turn it into an event, then we wouldn't have been able to field a team, and the game would have been cancelled anyways. It was one game.