Manhattan Beach 6-Man Volleyball tourney players question ‘paid for play”
Women’s division 6-Man champions AbsoluteXtracts. Photo (CivicCouch.com) and Will Riordan A Facebook post questioning whether players on the winning men’s team in the past weekend’s Charlie Saikley Six Man Volleyball Tournament were paid to play has set off a wide ranging discussion about the tournament’s culture. The discussion began Monday, when Chris Brown, a 29-year 6-Man veteran, posted the following statement on his Facebook page: “Ok 6-man people. Let’s engage in a little real-talk: Should it be legal (within the rules) for teams to pay players? Personally, I would find it incredibly embarrassing if you needed to rely on paid teammates. Also feels completely against the spirit of the event. Interesting that at least two highly ranked pros turned them down citing principle. What do you think?” Brown added, “The fact that nobody who has ever paid players is willing to step in and defend the practice speaks volumes. If it’s OK, why keep it quiet? Seems like the only reason you’d do that was if you knew it was shady.” In an interview Tuesday, Brown said he heard last year that the 2018 winning team had paid players. “It stuck in my craw, but I didn’t say anything about it. But…
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