My honest opinion?
Second place isn't winning.
The point of tournament is to win. To outlast all others. If Second place gets a prize for not winning, why doesn't everyone just get a participation prize and some participation money for participating in something that was optional to begin with?
You are under no obligation to reward not winning. You and the other volunteers should not feel pressured to cater to the mentality that "almost" is something to be celebrated.
To quote a popular Youtuber series,Â
"That sounds like it belongs in Almost magazine. Right up there next to 'Who almost won the Superbowl'"
If you offer a prize for 'almost' winning, sure we're going to accept it and be fine with it because who doesn't love to be rewarded? But in doing so you also devalue the actual winner. That person's victory weighs a lot less when he or she still would have won something if they did not put in as much effort as they did. And that kinda sucks.
If it were me I would simply have told the person complaining that they will have an option to win next time, but that the prize money is intended for the winner. The fact that they are a runner up is valuable in itself.
Second place isn't winning.
The point of tournament is to win. To outlast all others. If Second place gets a prize for not winning, why doesn't everyone just get a participation prize and some participation money for participating in something that was optional to begin with?
You are under no obligation to reward not winning. You and the other volunteers should not feel pressured to cater to the mentality that "almost" is something to be celebrated.
To quote a popular Youtuber series,Â
"That sounds like it belongs in Almost magazine. Right up there next to 'Who almost won the Superbowl'"
If you offer a prize for 'almost' winning, sure we're going to accept it and be fine with it because who doesn't love to be rewarded? But in doing so you also devalue the actual winner. That person's victory weighs a lot less when he or she still would have won something if they did not put in as much effort as they did. And that kinda sucks.
If it were me I would simply have told the person complaining that they will have an option to win next time, but that the prize money is intended for the winner. The fact that they are a runner up is valuable in itself.
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