Is a show down looming between a group of softball players and the West Wendover Recreation District?
“I sure hope not,” said District Parks and Recreation Director Shawn Gregory in an interview Wednesday. “But if we can’t come to some kind of an agreement then yes maybe.”
This week Gregory informed a group of Wendover softball players who started a quasi second season in a quasi second league that unless they paid for an insurance policy they may not be allowed on the fields.
“I really don’t want to be the bad guy here,” Gregory said. “And I know these are good guys but in these times where anyone sues at the drop of a hat the Recreation District has to protect itself.”
“We already paid the insurance for this summer’s season,” said Luciano Munoz one of the organizers of the after season league. “Besides these are just pick up games. There are no formal teams. The umpires when we have them aren’t paid. We are just a bunch of players who want to keep our skills up for next season.”
According to Gregory the cost of a liability policy would be less than $30 a player.
“I really don’t know what the big deal is,” he added. “The money won’t go to anyone’s pocket but just to buy a policy that protects the districts in case someone gets hurt. During this softball season we had three claims against us that the policy handled. It is less than $30 dollars a player, heck some probably spend more on beer at the games.”
“More on beer” lmao..cause it’s true..hahaha!
I hope people will read this see what they are doing to the kids also. They have over water the fields so now the adults can’t play or the kids can’t use the other fields being the infield is full of water. I knoe no one is that stupid to water baseball fields at 5:00pm yeah kids watch their parents and ex coaches play ass they also play their pick up games on the other feilds.
We don’t mind paying but being we paid for one year usssa insurance? (Usssa covers players coaches and practice or pick up games in softball) Annie usssa insurance agent. But being so luciano even ask if we can do injury waiver they said no. But it was ok for jack that works for the rec center to do for his kickball league is that right.
According to when we first started this league, we were suppose to pay $315 for insurance that is suppose to cover everyone on the roster for a whole year. Then we also had to pay USSSA sanction fee for $25, scorekeeper $90 umpire fees $145 and softballs $120.. That’s a total of $695 in fees for 18 games!! In other towns (elko nv) they don’t even pay this ridiculesly amount! Thank god for sponsors or their wouldn’t be a softball league in wendover.. But what I don’t get is why in the hell should we have to pay for insurance again when 5 teams this year paid the rec $315 each for it and we aren’t covered? Another thing!! 5 teams payed $120 for softballs and we never use new softballs. Hope this reaches out to everyone!! I believe we deserve better! (paying in that amount)
This recreation center is rediculous! They charge rediculous fees for their organizations. Leagues for the kids consist of like 5 games! This years men softball league consisted of one month worth of games! And to top it off at the end of the season they were told they weren’t even covered on insurance they supposedly paid for! Where is this money going to?? But yet they bring KUTV2 news from salt lake to promote the sports that are going on in wendover and make it seem like its such a great organization. These fields are for the community, we should have decent seasons for the amount of fees they charge. This includes the kids and adults!
I think its horse shit what the rec. Is doing!!! We r paying a big amount to play softball, sponsored or not, we pay too much money for our time to be cut short. I dnt understand why they wanted the season to be done n over with within 1 month of play.. three games a day is nessessry cause we paid for lights… now we r doing our own thing by trying to play pick up games, but if we dnt pay more $ they not gonna let us play?? Seems to me all they want is more $? We are all vaulentery players vaulentary umps we keep our own score why should we have to pay any more money on top of the 700 $ we pay to start a season (late season at that) a lot of ppl look forward to softball season in wendover, but right now our (1) month season is a joke!!!! We pay the money show us the respect we show the rec. With paying our fees??? That’s all I’m saying. …..
Its funy how I read the news paper and I do realize these softball guys are rigth. So I’m here watching my kid play and guess what no rest room near for the kids to change and put on there late arriving uniform how sad do these guy ever get the kids uniforms on time? But better yet where can I get a juice or water here? The little shack they sell the stuff out off is close so I guess these guys really don’t care about are kids just theirs:(
If they are playing a scrub game, and the only thing that they are using is the field, why should they pay? It is just a group of people hanging out throwing a ball around. If they are to pay, why don’t those who play pick-up basketball have to pay to use the courts? What about tennis? Skate park, such as it may be. Maybe we should charge the kids to use the park? That way they will be covered by insurance and when one of my kids breaks their leg I won’t have to pay the medical bill. Maybe, just maybe if we had some revenue from the Rec Department from tournaments we wouldn’t be trying to screw over the locals, when all they are trying to do is have a bit of fun.
So let’s get this right…all of you have complaints, but never attend a recreation district meeting…no I don’t work for the district, but I have attended many, many meetings, and I am the only one in the audience about 99.99% of the time.
If you have a question, concern, complaint, suggestion, etc., etc., why don’t you step forward and voice your thoughts. Otherwise, it seems I get to speak for you, and I don’t agree with anything that’s been said so far.
Ralphy u are right but I’m taking the day off work to attend people have question I can’t even answer. The one is question that every one parent ask me why do kids sports stop at age 13? A friend told me once that we don’t have any kids that will play but he was wrong. This year I did do a little league travel team and I only took a few kids to play and I also pick up a few 13 year old kids one was my son who loves to play but is not that talented to play baberuth in elko. So when I watch him come in agame and blast 2 home runs I told my self all make sure to push for baseball for kids 13-16 same ass for basketball, look its not to hard to have a few older kids play in town and make a travel team of are best players to play in elko or salt lake kids don’t mind playin. Just to let people knoe we did go 14-2 in kerns ut at a cal ripken league. Shawn did help me put this together so I hope so we can sit down and talk about my idea and his in sports for older kids even adult flag football and adult basketball.
Yeah you have it right Ralph! But hey this is the first time I have been bullshited aroud!! Let me know when the district has their meeting and ill be there!!