GymnastMomX2
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Someone on FB is saying Bull City still has evening training for upper level girls.And with minimal notice, they just eliminated the evening optional program altogether.
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Someone on FB is saying Bull City still has evening training for upper level girls.And with minimal notice, they just eliminated the evening optional program altogether.
You can’t think this is ok. This person is LYING about what she’s doing, LYING to coaches, LYING to parents about how there will be all this good stuff coming, then they are raising prices to force people to have to leave or quit altogether, then making promises but not keeping them. Having coaches sign non-competes and then firing them, cutting programs, and altogether acting like a serpent who is all shiny and pretty and enticing, then whips around and stings or bites with such force that she crushes anyone in her path.Sounds like free market principles at work. Cold and calculating to maximize profit.
If it is all upfront and good, then I want to know why she’s masking the ownership? Obviously has something to hide.This is the list of gyms currently owned by Powers. There are still a couple missing because of the way Powers masks ownership. The majority of these gyms have all seen Powers shut down their women’s XCEL and JO programs. Some with very little (if any) notice. Several of the previous owners of these gyms now work for Powers.
COLORADO (1)
Tigar Gymnastics
NORTH CAROLINA (2)
First in Flight
Bull City
Florida (1)
Evo
TEXAS (5)
Capital
Platinum
Houston Gymnastics Academy
Rowland Ballard
Mazeika’s Elite
ARIZONA (3)
Oasis
Scottsdale
Estrella
Haha, so true. I dont like it from an emotional standpoint, but I also am very much a realist and understand capitalism in its purest form is mean and vicious.Must.... resist.... urge.... to.... go.... on.... sociopoliticaleconomic.... rant.... on..... CB.......
Suffice to say I agree with you and think this is an inevitable result of systems currently in place in most of the world
I'm just now seeing this thread. This is alarming to me. In a state like NC with several high level programs in certain areas, the more options the better for providing choice about training culture. I would think having several competitive programs near each other would be a benefit to families.First in flight in the Charlotte area was one of the first to be bought. There were a lot of very upset people and it’s been discussed a lot in Facebook groups. They completely cut DP and Elite training and went all Xcel. Parents and coaches felt misled. It was pretty shocking how it all went down from what I’ve heard.
Do you know for sure that they will be keeping the morning practices after summer? Morning summer team practices is very common. D's old gym used to move all team practices to the morning in the summer because it's cooler and less bodies in the gym. It worked great for us but a lot of families struggled each summer with the switch.Anonymous Bull City parent again...
@Oopski, The evening optional program will end on 6/5, lining up with the last day for most schools in Durham NC. Summer schedules were released for all groups and there is definitely no optional evening program anymore.
I have heard they are asked to sign a non-compete that apparently blocks employment at any other gym in any state that Powers owns gyms in. *note that this is heresay only...one of our most successful and longest standing coaches was fired within a week of the "new management company" coming in and has not returned to coaching. Word is that she cannot coach yet because of the non-compete she literally just signed before being terminated, and that she doesn't have the cashflow to fight it out in court. The coach has been very quiet about it and i have no confirmation on this. That said, i definitely believe it is true as I believe she otherwise would have been snatched up right away.
I have heard they are asked to sign a non-compete that apparently blocks employment at any other gym in any state that Powers owns gyms in.
does anyone know this gym? how "small" is the womens program?Here is the news story out of Houston tonight.
Parents of gymnast speaking on program closure at Houston Gymnastics Academy
Parents of gymnast speaking on program closure at Houston Gymnastics Academywww.click2houston.com
I spoke with my DH who has a good bit of experience with no competes. He said that it is likely that the ones they had to sign would be not enforced by a court of law. There are some guidelines with them that they seem to be overstepping at first glance.This is a very broad... this most likely would not be enforced by a court.
When I was a team coach there we had the same size girls team as boys team.does anyone know this gym? how "small" is the womens program?