I've been lurking for many years but finally felt I really needed to comment. This discussion over Alora Rose makes me feels super uncomfortable because of how people are viewing the rights of employees versus employers. Even if Alora Rose had signed a contract for the Cowboys for this year, Judy and Kelli could have cut her at any moment for any reason. That is a huge amount of power to the employer. When people say that Alora Rose was not fulfilling her commitment to the organization I think we aren't looking at how much power that gives an employer. Basically we start advocating for the employer when they already had the majority of the power. Why shouldn't someone be able to look for another position especially when there is no guarantee that they will be allowed to remain in this contract that they've signed. If DCC wants to have such an employer favored contract they should expect that if people are given an opportunity to a fairer job that gives the employee more benefits they will take it in a heartbeat.
As others have pointed out it the organization is the one who has decided 36 is the number and has decided not to have alternates. That's on them, not their employees. Alora Rose is not responsible for bailing out Kelli and Judy for bad decision making. It literally isn't her job. Kelli and Judy should have realized by now that people may have to leave the team for a variety of reasons throughout the year. Not have 2 alternates is crazy. There is not a Broadway show that does not have alternates in case someone gets sick, etc. How does a supposedly professional organization not realize the benefit to this.
Most contracts have some sort of language to deal with breaking the contract. I'm sure the DCC have that language too. I don't think we need to worry about whether the DCC can handle a broken contract. These literally happen all the time. Breaking a contract does not make you a bad person or a bad employee. There can be many reasons to do so. Getting a better paying, more secure job in the city where your community is seems like a pretty good reason to break a contract.
