Posting up for discussion: several top rated senior drivers and lake owners are being accused of cheating and under investigation by a select few w in Usaski. I don't want to make a long post so keeping it brief:
1. Should someone be judged and sentenced without warning, notification or due process?
2. Should someone be judged from small samples and marginal data?
3. Should someone be penalized for having 1 bad day (if that's the case) when they have pulled national records in the books a?
4. Should every skier at said tournament have their score taken away from that tournament from all drivers participating?
There are many Ballers in the know- all the info needs to be public, not pidgen holed by a few select egos with personal vendettas!
Let's get this started!
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what are the people and the sites?
There was no warnings, notification, zero chance for the drivers to speak their mind. I'm not an English major, u figured out which word I was using!!!
Sorry to continue the wordsmithing, but objective is the opposite so this kinda matters.
It's a shame. I'm afraid our national awsa leadsership has truly lost the ability to make good common sense decisions.
Is this going to waste more money on lawsuits?
Simply because you or I and others may exhibit honesty integrity and loyalty do not ever expect it to be reciprocal. In a similar recent experience I learned a VERY painful lesson.
I didn't coin this expression but it is true "If you leave this world with one true friend you have left a richer person than most".
I now understand why our sport will never, gain professional status, will never be main stream and is not a sport the media would be interest in, simply because the sport lacks Professional Structure, after all some of these people have never competed in the sport at any level and will never understand, that being said I do not want to take any thing away from the many good people that work so hard to promote the sport, with many well run competitions over the country.
These are the very people that should be at the top, people that are and will be respected by all.
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Names should be witheld IMO but in order to have an real discussion we need to know the situation.
AWSA has deemed specific events “unworthy” simply by applying a small sample of anecdotal evidence and came to this conclusion by forming “committees” to review without consulting with all parties involved. They used a sample boat path video to not only deny a regional record had been achieved (which I have no issue with) but also discredit the ENTIRE event and have the scores removed. With this small sample of data, they have/are attempting to remove ALL the scores from event(s). – regardless of which officials were involved in the achievement of these scores. This flies in the face of due process. In the end, this is all about the fragile egos of a select few. Those who equate their personal value to the number of 39’s they ski, drive or host at their site. If it didn’t happen at their site or with their driver, someone MUST be cheating!!! STORM THE BASTILLE!!!
I’ve heard of many other events where the driving was substandard. But, in those instances, the driver hindered the performance of the skier. I assume that’s not important to the leadership of AWSA. Only where there is a “perceived” benefit to the skier is the accusatory finger pointed; and then universally applied to all aspects of the subject tournament. This is not only morally reprehensive but also runs contrary to the ethical standards of the AWSA I joined 25 years ago.
NO ONE from AWSA has reached out to me directly. Even though the President of AWSA told his “committees” that had occurred. I responded to the President of AWSA via an e-mail that was forwarded to me. He NEVER reached out to me directly. Nor did any of the “committee” members. The President of AWSA (and these “committees”) seems to play fast and loose with the truth – and the rules governing the organization. Once the sensibilities of the elite few are impacted, the resources of an entire organization are utilized to degrade, insult and otherwise discredit fellow members who don’t meet their self-implied standards. These pathetic efforts are extremely transparent to those of us outside the “elite bubble” of AWSA leadership. For AWSA to indiscriminately erase scores from tournaments sets a very dangerous precedent that has far-reaching ramifications should someone bring legal action to apply the same critical standard s to ALL tournaments including Nationals and Regionals. This single action on the part of AWSA could entangle most of its resources to defend and ultimately cause its demise.
What AWSA fails to realize is that skiers DO NOT NEED AWSA to ski. To ski tournaments. To ski with their friends. To enjoy a sport free from over-burdensome rules and regulations. As an organization that is losing 10% of its membership annually, it should be focused on retaining and growing membership – not instituting gestapo tactics against its own. AWSA and its board should act in a manner that is transparent and promotes inclusion and cooperation. Currently, that does not exist.
Or, we just cancel memberships.
I don't know anything about this particular instance, but between boatpath and time, there is no question whether the driver complied. It's a HUGE ego hit to a senior driver, or any driver, to lose a pass to a boat path issue. Let alone, a 39 or shorter record pass.
In my mind, it makes it easy to discount a pass, but you disqualify an entire tournament???? WHY DO I COMPETE AT ALL??????
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If & when I read any posts that would clearly not be tolerated in a professional environment I will simply delete the post and deal with the author off line.
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