Mike Murray
It is my understanding that the Ted Stevens Sports Act grants monopolies to NGBs for sports.
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From: John Weathers
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Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:31:25
To: Luciano bailey; ; Ron and Dorothy Strasser; zak
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] UCI vs USAC/OBRA etc
Strikes me as a potential violation of the Sherman Act.
Does the UCI have the same exemption as ML baseball? I pretty much doubt it ...
On 4/10/11, Luciano bailey wrote:
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> Another attempt by UCI to try and rule the whole cycling world. If places
> like Portland and Colorado did not have the programs they do USA
> developement would be a wash. They shine because of their open access to
> racing at all levels. I say this is yet another Euro snub that can only hurt
> US racing.
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> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 18:15:39 -0700
> From: RickCJohnson1@gmail.com
> To: rondot@spiritone.com
> CC: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] UCI vs USAC/OBRA etc
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> I do not understand why they would not let them ride in these races.
> 1. Distracting attention from up and coming amateur riders.
> 2. Taking prize money from same.
> 3. Increasing the cost of competition by showing up with high dollar sponsor
> equipment.
> 4. Kicking the crap out of the locals and demoralizing them.
>
> This is an age old argument in the lower tiers of motorsports. When I worked
> in that area we would often enter lower level races if they were held at a
> track we would later race as part of our series. It was simply a way to get
> testing and track time. As a courtesy to the other participants it was a
> gentlemens agreement among the pro teams that we would pull into the pits on
> the last lap and not take the checkered flag. Therefore we never appeared in
> the results nor took any prize money.
>
> Rick Johnson
> Bend, Oregon
>
> Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction...
> One, it's completely impossible.
> Two, it's possible, but it's not worth doing.
> Three, I said it was a good idea all along.
>
> Arthur C. Clarke
> On 4/8/2011 5:55 PM, Ron and Dorothy Strasser wrote:
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> I may not be the brightest crayon in the box, but I do not understand why
> they would not let them ride in these races. If someone like Lance, or
> another big name were to come race here, that would do nothing but make the
> sport more popular with the public in general, get more kids interested and
> so many other positive impacts. Please. Someone explain to me why (with
> this rule) Jake cannot race PIR....right? To me this is a symptom of some
> sort of sickness which has hold of the UCI. It does not seem to make any
> sense. Maybe it will not take place if the government shuts down! :-)
> ron
>
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> From: jon.ragsdale@comcast.net
> To: obra
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 4:34 PM
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] UCI vs USAC/OBRA etc
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>
> Would Kenji do a better job than McQuaid? :)
>
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-to-enforce-rule-barring-pros-from-non-usa-cycling-events?ns_campaign=news&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0
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> UCI to enforce rule barring pros from non-USA Cycling events
>
> By:
> Kirsten Frattini
> Published:
> April 8, 22:50,
> Updated:
> April 8, 23:33
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>
> Do you like this?
> Buzz
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> American Cycling Association and Oregon Bicycle Racing Association speak out
> The International Cycling Union (UCI) has informed teams it will strictly
> enforce its rule prohibiting men and women professional riders from
> participating in events that are not recognized by a national federation.
> According to Chief Operating Officer of USA Cycling, Sean Petty, a letter
> was sent to all UCI team managers on March 14.
> "It applies to UCI men and women’s teams and communication should have gone
> to all registered UCI teams, men and women," Petty told Cyclingnews. "We
> sent a second email to the UCI team riders informing them of this rule just
> in case the team directeurs hadn’t gotten the word out. We are starting the
> racing season and we wanted to send it out as a reminder of the
> participation rules which we shared with their team directeurs in our email
> note in March."
> The UCI's Code 1.2.019 states, "No licence holder may participate in an
> event that has not been included on a national, continental or world
> calendar or that has not been recognised by a national federation, a
> continental confederation or the UCI."
> In addition, rule 1.2.021 states that, "Breaches of articles 1.2.019 or
> 1.2.020 shall render the licence holder liable to one month's suspension and
> a fine of 50 to 100 Swiss francs."
> The US currently has a total of 19 UCI-sanctioned men's and women’s teams
> that includes four ProTeams, two Professional Continental, 10 Continental
> teams and three UCI-sanctioned women’s teams, and many of the riders make
> their base in the USA for at least part of the season and use local races
> for training.
> "I’m not sure how long this rule has existed for but it has been there a
> while because it is a fundamental directive from the UCI, that everyone with
> a license must compete in events that are sanctioned by a federation," Petty
> said. "For non-USA Cycling sanctioned events there is no variance, they are
> simply the rules and the UCI teams and riders are obliged to follow those
> rules and they have to participate according to the UCI rules in races
> sanctioned by the national federation that is recognized by the UCI."
> The UCI has cracked down on enforcing rules over the past two years,
> beginning with its rules for participation in national level races. The
> issue surfaced at the Tour of the Gila in 2009 when Lance Armstrong wanted
> to bring his team to the race. The code prohibits ProTour and Professional
> Continental teams from competing in national level events. Only UCI
> Continental teams of the country, regional and club teams, national teams
> and mixed teams may participate.
> Discussions between USA Cycling and the UCI led to a temporary agreement
> whereby such teams could start three riders wearing nondescript clothing.
> However, UCI President Pat McQuaid announced that the code would be strictly
> enforced in 2011.
> "We started the process back in November at the NRC promoter’s summit in
> talking to the promoters of the NRC races that based on the participation
> rules and the UCI’s position that they were going to be enforced much more
> closely than in the past," Petty said. "That was my indication to the NRC
> promoters, was to not expect that if you are not a UCI race to see ProTeams
> and Pro Continental teams unless there is an exemption given by the UCI."
> The action affects a number of events in Colorado that are sanctioned under
> the American Cycling Association (ACA) and Oregon that are sanctioned under
> the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA). According to Executive
> Director Kenji Sugahara, OBRA will reach out to USA Cycling a discuss the
> possibility of granting special exemptions.
> "This rule has never been enforced before so I'm puzzled why it's being
> enforced now," Sugahara said. "I'd guess that it's UCI being the UCI rather
> than USA Cycling. We've recently had a great working relationship with USA
> Cycling."
> In addition, Sugahara said that the code will not affect 99 percent of its
> membership. However, it will affect two events, the Cherry Blossom Classic
> and the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic which are not run under USA Cycling. The
> National Racing Calendar (NRC) Cascade Cycling Classic, however, is
> sanctioned under USA Cycling and riders on Continental teams are free to
> compete.
> "It affects a few of our riders, but it doesn't affect the fact that it's
> pretty lame," Sugahara said. "When we have great riders coming out of our
> program like Jacob Rathe and Ian Boswell to name a few, this move is pretty
> disappointing. I know our local riders enjoy having them race.
> "Frankly, if the UCI wasn't based in Europe I'd be making a move to take
> Pat's job given we have one of the most successful grassroots cycling
> programs in the US with the highest per capita ridership, period. In the end
> we'll see how this works out with our reciprocity negotiations with USA
> Cycling. Perhaps we'll work to have our events recognized albeit not
> sanctioned by USA Cycling."
> ACA Executive Director, Chris McGee was disappointed that the UCI decided to
> enforce the rule which will heavily affect the large number of domestic and
> foreign professional racers who live, train and compete in Colorado.
> Some of the professional riders who base themselves in Colorado are Ben Day
> (Kenda/5-hour Energy), Mike Friendman (Kelly Benefit
> Strategies-OptumHealth), Georgia Gould (Team Luna), Katie Compton
> (Rabobank-Giant), Danny Summerhill (Chipotle Development Team), among many
> others.
> "I think one of the reason that we have such a high calibre of racing in
> Colorado is because we have so many professional racers in our events,"
> McGee said.
> "They are local ACA events but we will have between 10 and 20 professional
> racers who want to compete here when they are at home. I’m disappointed for
> them because it is a big part of their lives and I’m disappointed for us
> because our cycling community wants to embrace everyone from 8 year olds,
> who are just starting out, to having a place for our professionals to race
> too."
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