rond..@spiritone.com
This does not surprise me at all.
I think we all know these things are not just black or white...there is some
gray. But even knowing this could have been a complicated and tough
decision by the Chief Hoo-ha or whoever. Those riders were pulled because
USAC's mode of operation is these pulled rider's race is not as important as
the ones left on the course. USAC really does not care about riders who
have no chance of winning, or even middle of the pack riders. Their focus
is the elite and honing those who they see as potential elite. Everyone
else, women, girls, men and boys are secondary. They are an elitist
organization who only want to see the cream of the crop....the rest of you
who give them $ for admission to their show in my opinion are real
sweethearts for supporting our elite racers. I did it a few times and saw
how they basically treated the racers like cattle getting ready for the
processing plant. A real upbeat affair. Luckily we also had Ross and Crew
around to keep some sanity at the events.
I do believe our elite do need support, but they will not get it from my
membership in USAC.
If OBRA operated in the same manner as USAC, they would probably have less
than half the membership and racers. On the other hand if USAC operated
more like OBRA.........our country would be a better more humane place.
ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Smith via OBRA
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:03 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] How the Junior Women were treated at CX Nationals
http://untilthesnowends.blogspot.com/2015/01/us-cyclocross-nationals-travesty-report.html
An interesting read, especially because it directly affected OBRA juniors.
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