I know many of you ride for local teams and I had a situation happen and I was wondering if it's happened to anyone else. After the 2009 cross season my team folded, so I was out looking for a new team. I had three preliminary offers and one of the team owners and I came to terms through Facebook messaging and then had a follow up verbal conversation. I raced cross for them last season, and just recently I've been in discussion with a team that I really wanted to ride for. I came to terms with the new team so I sent a nice letter to my current team letting them know that I would be changing teams effective August 1st and that I appreciated the chance to ride for them. Things went downhill from there.
They asked for the items back I was given as part of our written deal. I politely told them no and that wasn't the deal. The guy who runs the team (who was not the one I negotiated, that was the owner) sent a nasty gram calling me a dick. I sent over the original agreement and he said he didn't care. He has a PhD, but maybe it was too much to ask for him to understand that written agreements are binding. Then he "unliked" the Facebook page for me (didn't know that was possible) and unfriended me. I guess it's an I'm breaking up with you, you're not breaking up with me situation. Anyone else had drama when changing local teams? I had a feeling it might not go well, and it turns out I was right.
They asked for the items back I was given as part of our written deal. I politely told them no and that wasn't the deal. The guy who runs the team (who was not the one I negotiated, that was the owner) sent a nasty gram calling me a dick. I sent over the original agreement and he said he didn't care. He has a PhD, but maybe it was too much to ask for him to understand that written agreements are binding. Then he "unliked" the Facebook page for me (didn't know that was possible) and unfriended me. I guess it's an I'm breaking up with you, you're not breaking up with me situation. Anyone else had drama when changing local teams? I had a feeling it might not go well, and it turns out I was right.
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