I had thought I was going to be able to purchase the one gym in our town. I know the owners well, I went to them, and we had a few conversations, and it seemed promising. However, they were very vague. When I finally pushed them to tell me exactly what they were looking for, it turns out, they don't really want to sell it. The person that was going to be buying the gym (I'm going to be program director/head coach), suggested we just open a gym ourselves if they don't want to cooperate. I like this idea much better because I wouldn't have to work under the current owners of the the other gym, I could start whichever programs I thought would be good, we'd actually have decent equipment. But I'm not sure whether that is right to do. I don't want it to completely ruin my relationship with the owners of the other gym. I thought about presenting it to them like I'm just accepting another job offer other than theirs, which is essentially what I would be doing.
I feel like I want to go ahead and do this anyway, but is that a horrible thing to do? I know many places have two gyms.
I feel like I want to go ahead and do this anyway, but is that a horrible thing to do? I know many places have two gyms.