{"id":37484,"date":"2013-01-13T18:55:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T18:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=37484"},"modified":"2013-01-22T03:09:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T03:09:51","slug":"37484","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=37484","title":{"rendered":"Pay to play"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DSCN3475\"<\/a>One of my dear teammates has the misfortune to have to collect match fees<\/a> from other mates on the team for me. Six matches in a row.<\/p>\n

The pay records<\/a> on Metro<\/p>\n

This Manhattan mixed 7.0<\/a> team is my largest, and also the team that I had the most online payments:
\n17 out of 60 (my math is terrible – I paid 66 instead of 60; one mate paid after I satisfied the season = 67 match fees in the account)<\/p>\n

When I captained my first team in 2009, I did send out the note telling the mates where to pay and when was the deadline. Only one veteran paid 6, out of 66. I should not complain because the percentage is improving over the years.<\/p>\n

Each league runs differently. The Metro winter teams need to be paid in full by a deadline (usually a month after it starts); the summer teams pay to the club directly where it plays, like the Long Island winter. (I never played on the LI summer team.)<\/p>\n

\"Queens<\/a>

My very first season on the job: Queens 7.0 mixed 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

There must be a reason that the Metro winter needs us to pay it in full while the season is just under way. Because it will take them four months to issue a refund (canceled court, over payment ..) without an explanation. As if fiduciary<\/em> doesn’t exist.<\/p>\n

\"Manhattan<\/a>

My current team: Manhattan 7.0 mixed 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s during my third captains’ meeting<\/a>, when I learned that most captains\/teams made the players to pay online, before the deadline. One of the captains said to me,
\n“Irene, don’t be shy about asking them to pay, this is a business.”
\nI never thought this as a business. But after many seasons and teams, I began to feel the burden of ‘reminders’ and ‘instructions’ when no one listens -:). It may still seem fun<\/em> to the mates but at times, it certainly feels like a work<\/em> for me. What’s the button says?
\nWork<\/span> is for people who don’t play tennis<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my dear teammates has the misfortune to have to collect match fees from other mates on the team for me. Six matches in a row. The pay records on Metro This Manhattan mixed 7.0 team is my largest, and also the team that I had the most online payments: 17 out of 60 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musing","category-tennis-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}