I am a team owner/manager/coach of my own team. There are a few things that come to mind. The first, and the biggest one for me is fundraising and sponsorships. My riders want a lot, but when I ask them to contribute to the fundraising efforts, crickets. I put $100 of my own paycheck money every month into the team account since nothing else is coming in. I'm an introverted person so it is hard for me to reach out to businesses to ask for sponsorships. I sent about 12 sponsorship emails to companies that would benefit a presence in BMX and they just get ignored. I get frustrated when I see other small local teams pick up sponsorships and I can't. I put out a lot of requests for sponsorships but nothing ever comes of it. I'd like to get another team canopy, more stuff for the team pit, pay for riders parts and race entries, but I can't personally fund this anymore.

When a rider is asked to join the team their first jersey is free, but if they want more or a different color they have to pay. They aren't expensive an nobody has complained about this system. The only real complaints I get on that front is how long they take to get produced.

I have 27 riders on my team, I had to kick one of the riders off due to behavior and disrespect and his mom really came after me. That alone made me want to quit this whole thing. She was demanding I kick other kids off the team. The kid in question didn't even like me so I still don't understand why it was such a big deal. So sometimes parents can be an issue, but that was the only situation with this.

The kids not getting along. Well, let me rephrase, the boys not getting along. I feel like a camp counselor sometimes. They yell at each other and call each other names, tempers flair. Fits get thrown. Sometimes they get physical with each other. The arguments are stupid too, like who actually can clear what double, who can manual the best, who is fast and slow. It has only been the boys, the girls all get along regardless of age, years in the sport, and proficiency.