20-12-2011, 05:52 PM
Whatever happened to playing Chess just because you enjoy it? Why does it seem like everything is about money all the time?
I highly doubt most juniors in Scotland start playing Chess with the serious ambition of earning a living out of it... unless their parents have brainwashed them into thinking it a realistic career.
I'd rather invest the budgets into sending the juniors abroad than pay for a GM to simply turn up at an event. I'd also rather see the juniors going and enjoying themselves and coming back having had a life experience, than feeling under pressure to perform because tons of money has been spent on them.
I highly doubt most juniors in Scotland start playing Chess with the serious ambition of earning a living out of it... unless their parents have brainwashed them into thinking it a realistic career.
I'd rather invest the budgets into sending the juniors abroad than pay for a GM to simply turn up at an event. I'd also rather see the juniors going and enjoying themselves and coming back having had a life experience, than feeling under pressure to perform because tons of money has been spent on them.