Why so many locked discussions?

"Does free speech not apply to members of the C&MC?"

Anyone using this forum agrees to abide by the T&Cs and Guidelines so freedom of speech is, therefore, overridden.

It seems many of the threads that have many posts Deleted User, if one reads what went before? are caused by naysayers, who cannot accept that some may have more knowledge than other on a subject, hence try to discredit the post, and will cause an argument ;which the moderators will then close a thread, and may pass it onto a higher authority with it being  beyond their control  to deal with

I think the recent "booking a pitch " thread is a perfect illustration of why a tread gets locked.

A new member asks a question, pretty obviously about choosing pitches on a club site. It is answered in the first few posts, then a regular non club site user decides to promote a commercial site (nothing wrong in that itself, though clearly irrelevant to the OP.) That post is Deleted User for whatever reason. So a second group of posters try to name and the promote the site again; these posts are also Deleted User. But wait! A third poster, in the full knowledge of what has gone before, then decides to name and promote the site again!

Now whether one agrees or not with what the moderators have done this sort of action clearly and deliberately undermines their work. And so the thread gets closed rather than risking further deletions. The moderators are put in an unenviable position by this sort of action.

Exactly what happened. Yes good post. 

If anybody has an issue with the moderation of Club Together, the T & Cs state that they must take it up with the Community Manager and not challenge decisions on the open forum.

As stated, threads often get locked simply because of troll posters.  When there are too many off topic posts to be removed, the thread is locked.  

We are volunteers and have lives beyond this forum.

Oh! the irony; because this thread is challenging moderation, it too will now be locked.