Black Bear Strikes Again!

[Guest]

chances are high there is a reason he is getting yelled at.  Stop being a helicopter parent and let your kid get disciplined.

[Guest]

Private equity is ruining travel sports the way it’s ruined nursing homes.  Rich investors pool their money to squeeze every cent they can out of businesses with high cash flow without putting any investment back into the business.  The private equity firm (Black Bear) is there to make money, not develop your kid.  They will envelop everything they can, jack up prices to the max profits the parents will burden themselves with and play on the parents’ fear of missing out.

Name a rink BB has actually improved?  I’ll wait.

[Guest]

Private equity is ruining travel sports the way it’s ruined nursing homes.  Rich investors pool their money to squeeze every cent they can out of businesses with high cash flow without putting any investment back into the business.  The private equity firm (Black Bear) is there to make money, not develop your kid.  They will envelop everything they can, jack up prices to the max profits the parents will burden themselves with and play on the parents’ fear of missing out.

Name a rink BB has actually improved?  I’ll wait.

Rink owners do not develop kids, coaches do. Voorhees is non-profit and they have developed maybe 3-4 kids onto good players. 90% of FY can skate fast in straight line but edges and backwards skating is terrible. Not FY kids fault it is coaches fault. I hate BB for their price gouging, but my kid has improved tremendously due to good coaching!

[Guest]

Private equity is ruining travel sports the way it’s ruined nursing homes.  Rich investors pool their money to squeeze every cent they can out of businesses with high cash flow without putting any investment back into the business.  The private equity firm (Black Bear) is there to make money, not develop your kid.  They will envelop everything they can, jack up prices to the max profits the parents will burden themselves with and play on the parents’ fear of missing out.

Name a rink BB has actually improved?  I’ll wait.

None

[Guest]

I heard that LiveBarn is suing Black Bear over Black Bear TV. Anyone else hear about this?

[Guest]

That was for levity, mr peanut gallery, thanks for contributing!

point was, livebarn is a superior product and BBTV has a pair charging > 20$ month for "just games" - bb what a nightmare

[Guest]

Looks like they just sued them in Delaware. 

Livebarn, Inc., V. Black Bear Sports Group, Inc. Court Records | Trellis.Law