On the trophies to the losers........I have a grandson who played on a third grade basketball team and in the tournament they lost. They started handing out trophies to his team and when they got to him he said we lost why are we getting trophies and refused to take it. I was very proud of him...
I have had these stands a long time. They are not the same brand but I bet they came from the same Chinese factory as they look identical. The catch paw on these looks long enough.
I did the same thing years ago on mine and put it back using body emblem adhesive. You can't tell it happened unless you look very close. I had actually forgotten about it.
So the "finger" on the male connector needs to be pressed in to release? I was putting some pressure on it before in one of my attempts so I'll try again. Thanks