Replying to I just found out I cant ski for the rest of the season WTF

I got an e-mail today from the captain of my school's ski team/club saying we have been suspended from this weekend's races (whoop-de-doo) and we were having a meeting tonight to talk about it.

The members of the school (USC) ski/snowboard team all put in $350 to pay for race dues and lodging at Mammoth for weekends all season long. We leave Fridays and head back to LA on Sunday afternoon.

So anyway, In the meeting we are informed that Cal Poly posted pictures of their New Year's party to a private, members-only login webpage. One of the pictures had two girls kising and had the caption 'USC girls have fun at the party' Other pictures clearly showed people drinking.

A disgruntled member of CalPoly's team showed the director of club sports the pictures. She then called my school, along with the league.

My school calls the league and has us suspended from all activities and freezes our club/team account until next fall to which we have all contributed $350 (45 people). Our advisors say we were misrepresenting the school. Everyone parties on New Year's eve. How can they pull that when nobody was wearing school insignia, and even more importantly the images weren't posted to a publicly viewable website.

So now we are all out $430 on a season pass to Mammoth, which we can't use unless we pay out of pocket for lodging.

Sorry for ranting, I am just a bit ticked that school is holding my money hostage and now I can't afford to go skiing.

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Representin Hood at Mammoth