Do sponsors have the right to take equipment at the end of the season?
(no login) Posted Oct 6, 2000 9:57 PM
I am a head coach for a peewee football team (8 year olds). Our last practice was tonight (Oct. 6) and our last game of the season is tomorrow (Oct. 7). Our team father wanted to be a sponsor and donated a large sum for equipment. His donation was recorded the same as all our other donations, and we purchased a large amount of equipment. However, tonight he stole our equipment and said he was keeping it for his son. He is a sponsor like all the other sponsors and we were shocked when he took the equipment at practice. From what we understand, most teams' equipment goes with the coach of that team. Do you have any suggestions on how to handle this? We are debating legal action and are considering contacting the media if necessary to expose this. The team father owns the business that sponsored the team. There were also serveral other sponsors that donated money. Does he have any claim to the equipment when the whole team participated in fund raising and gathering sponsors? Do sponsors have any claim to anything the team purchased? We would appreciate feedback about this situation. We are completely at a loss and very disappointed about the example this is setting for the kids on our team. Thank you for your input.