[Kathy]

[quote author=Kathy link=topic=7255.msg56030#msg56030 date=1356919260]
The players' disrespectful comments show very poor manners ... no different than being invited to a party, showing up and complaining about the host's home, guest list, food and entertainment. If you don't want to go, you decline the invitation.

Maybe I'm throwing my parties the wrong way Kathy but I'm yet to make money on any of 'em :)

Bowls are much more like business trips, not parties. And plenty of travelers (grown men and women, not college kids) openly criticize places they went to on business on twitter and FB etc. I don't know if you folks have ever participated in team sports, but these guys are team players -- if the school decides to go, individual players aren't going to decline or quit the team over a destination. In fact, if they did, I'd consider that a much bigger character flaw than being honest about their opinion of the destination.

Besides, some of the players may never have been to the place before. How would they know to decline before even seeing the place?
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Karma.
Those ill-mannered, spoiled brats deserved that loss. I'm a business journalist, and I've never heard a business traveler diss a destination like that. In business, one learns the art of discretion, with full knowledge of the effect of the spoken word. As I sit here in my snowbound farmhouse (4" so far & a round of freezing rain still to come -- happy New Year, y'all), I raise a Champagne toast to Georgia Tech and Jacketree, wherever you are: good job, rambling wrecks!

[Kathy]

[quote author=Kathy link=topic=7255.msg56030#msg56030 date=1356919260]
The players' disrespectful comments show very poor manners ... no different than being invited to a party, showing up and complaining about the host's home, guest list, food and entertainment. If you don't want to go, you decline the invitation.

Maybe I'm throwing my parties the wrong way Kathy but I'm yet to make money on any of 'em :)

Bowls are much more like business trips, not parties. And plenty of travelers (grown men and women, not college kids) openly criticize places they went to on business on twitter and FB etc. I don't know if you folks have ever participated in team sports, but these guys are team players -- if the school decides to go, individual players aren't going to decline or quit the team over a destination. In fact, if they did, I'd consider that a much bigger character flaw than being honest about their opinion of the destination.

Besides, some of the players may never have been to the place before. How would they know to decline before even seeing the place?
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Karma.
Those ill-mannered, spoiled brats deserved that loss. I'm a business journalist, and I've never heard a business traveler diss a destination like that. In business, one learns the art of discretion, with full knowledge of the effect of the spoken word. As I sit here in my snowbound farmhouse (4" so far & a round of freezing rain still to come -- happy New Year, y'all), I raise a Champagne toast to Georgia Tech and Jacketree, wherever you are: good job, rambling wrecks!