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Re: [RC] Olympics and endurance? - Jackie Winkleman

Hmm.  I'm sorry.  I didn't realize that everyone looks
so hard at the negative side of things (rather, dwells
on it).

I was thinking maybe the AERC people could have a
positive influence on it, if it were to go to the
olympics. Or, maybe everyone would just sit out and
complain about how they have ruined the sport and not
TRY to make that good influence just because their is
some "bad" in the sport.

Are we "half-empty" or are we "half-full?"


--- Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why do you assume that. Look what has happened to
the Olympics today. 
The judging scandal in SLC. The corruption in the
IOC leading up to the 
SLC games. Now the corruption that has caused the
USOC's president to 
resign and congress calling for her replacement to
resign. The drug use 
among athletics that the IOC didn't want to face up
to until forced. 
Where since the Olympics allowed professional
athletics to participate 
do you find anything but problems and corruption in
the Olympics?

After what has happened to the Olympic movement over
the past 20 years 
it seems that UAE endurance racing would fit right
in. If Endurance gets 
to the Olympics it will be UAE flat track distance
racing probably at 
much shorter distances than 100 miles or even 100
kilometers to make it 
"spectator friendly" and to reduce the cost of
building and securing the 
course.  AERC style endurance is a true amature
sport - practiced by 
amatures for their enjoyment and love of horses. The
Olympics is now a 
professional sporting event.  Sports like AERC
endurance don't seem to 
have a place in the Olympics any longer.

Truman

Jackie Winkleman wrote:


   



Right.  We didn't have the "benefit" but I

personally

don't think there is anything wrong with it.  If
Endurance did go to the Olympics you would hope

that

the US, as well as other countries would use good
judgement in competing (and the same at local

levels).

There will always be those who don't use good
judgement, but remember we are there (at whatever
level) to have fun, right?  Some people do have

other

motives - no matter what the level of competition.
This will alsways be the case.







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