will food for paddle

so annoyed. earlier this year the scdbc put on our inaugural la dragon boat race. most of the teams competing were random community teams. however, there was also a "Best Twelve" category, which was reserved for year-round teams like space dragons, guppies, etc. all the big teams (except space) in lb sent a boat or two. (lard sent three). why? cause there was a cash prize! 1st - $800, 2nd - $500, 3rd - $300. registration was $300. since space is having an amazing season, and the races were only one day, and not far, we were guaranteed to win money. we might not have won first (la races were on 10man boats) but, and i'm not at all being conceited here, space would've at the very least earned our registration money back (if we sent only one boat).

we didn't go because there was "not enough interest." ...tho i'm sure had the captains emphasized that we were pretty much guaranteed to win a cash prize, we would've gone. why? because we paddle anyway. why not paddle for money?

i get the the weekly space newsletter today and now they are asking for people to randomly donate money to the team because we're now a 501(c)(3). they've also announced yet another fundraising event: working the concession stand at the rose bowl. we've always done a garage sale, and in more recent years we've added a bake sale. this year we've also done a restaurant thing, and now this random selling food shit. ...wtf?

this is a dragon boat team. we paddle. that's the whole point. but when we're invited to paddle for get "free" money, we say no. instead we decide to sell food. i get that everyone eats but... this team's staff is so fucking ridiculous sometimes. i've had a lot of fun this year, at tournies, practices, getting to know people, blahblahblah. but some of the admin's decisions are just... they make no fucking sense. it's enough to make you want to quit the team! oh, right, that is the reason i want to quit. (btw, there's MUCH more than just the la race thing but i'm so tired of thinking about this team's fucking staff...)