Recently we’ve seen a lot of “big” stories being broken to the public. It’s exciting. It generates a ton of attention and discussion, and maybe, one could argue, more interest in the league. But here’s my issue… this isn’t the Wild West. We have rules and regulations here, and there is a proper way to handle a perceived issue. We don’t need people taking every perceived slight public and airing every complaint under the sun. Take your problem to your GM first. If they don’t help, then take your problem to a member of the Head Office. If you still don’t get a result you deem fair, by all means take it public, see how the league opinion views your problem. But, PLEASE follow the proper channels first.
Time and time again we see someone break a “huge story” only to find out it was nothing. Take the latest TPE scandal to befall the Otters. It was alleged that there were 6 Otters players with a varying number of extra TPE, anywhere from 5 to 80. While in the end 3 of the 6 players were actually over and did indeed need fixing, half of the accused players were actually spot on or under where they were supposed to be. Talk yesterday of widespread Otter cheating was running rampant. I’ll admit, it didn’t look good, but we didn’t have the whole picture. Now, this isn’t something I’m directing at any one particular player, we’ve seen it happen time and time again… as a career long Hawk, Carmel Gibson and Super Broadway are the first to come to mind. Both of the previously mentioned events devolved into calls for drastic measures like season resims and banning of GMs by an angry public who didn’t have all the facts. Yet, they were simple mistakes that could’ve easily been handled properly by the HO if someone had just followed the proper procedures.
So to reiterate, GMs first, then HO, then the public. Let’s put our pitchforks away for a bit and give the people at the top a chance to do what they’re supposed to.
Time and time again we see someone break a “huge story” only to find out it was nothing. Take the latest TPE scandal to befall the Otters. It was alleged that there were 6 Otters players with a varying number of extra TPE, anywhere from 5 to 80. While in the end 3 of the 6 players were actually over and did indeed need fixing, half of the accused players were actually spot on or under where they were supposed to be. Talk yesterday of widespread Otter cheating was running rampant. I’ll admit, it didn’t look good, but we didn’t have the whole picture. Now, this isn’t something I’m directing at any one particular player, we’ve seen it happen time and time again… as a career long Hawk, Carmel Gibson and Super Broadway are the first to come to mind. Both of the previously mentioned events devolved into calls for drastic measures like season resims and banning of GMs by an angry public who didn’t have all the facts. Yet, they were simple mistakes that could’ve easily been handled properly by the HO if someone had just followed the proper procedures.
So to reiterate, GMs first, then HO, then the public. Let’s put our pitchforks away for a bit and give the people at the top a chance to do what they’re supposed to.
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