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[RC] [RC] NGB - Steph Teeter - Arden Smith[RC] NGB - Steph TeeterThe FEI recognizes one organization in each country as the 'national governing body' of equestrian sports. USEF also oversees equestrian competitions in eventing, reining, jumping, vaulting, para-equestrian and dressage. So the FEI is the one that ultimately decides who/what it's NGB is in for each country. Steph _______________________________________________________________ The FEI has no real authority in such matters except in rare cases, for example when there is no National Olympic Committee in a given country or when the NOC does not yet recognize/deal with the sport of Equestrian. Even then, it's still up to the country in question to put an organization together to its liking and make application to the FEI, which the FEI will accept by default either outright or provisionally (guiding them in getting an NF established in that country in the interest of development). In turn that country's NOC will likely recognize the first organization that gets membership in the respective IF. Otherwise, by default, the FEI recognizes the NGB designated by the NOC. The FEI has no authority to overrule an NOC, because NOCs (and often NGBs as well) have government mandates with regard to Olympic and amateur sport, and (with the exception of the USOC, and perhaps one other out of 200 or so) they are government-funded entities. The FEI has no such mandate. The USOC receives no government subsidy, but its mandate--which includes selecting and overseeing the US NGB for each sport-- is still defined by US law. The FEI has no authority to overrule any country's laws. Therefore NOCs--in principle, and very definitely here in the US--trump IFs. As I posted earlier, "The USEF's authority comes from the USOC, whose authority comes from US federal law in the form of the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act. http://www.olympic-usa.org/12699_12720.htm Some of the more salient excerpts: Subchapter II - National Governing Bodies §220521. Recognition of amateur sports organizations as national governing bodies (a) GENERAL AUTHORITY-- . . .the corporation [USOC] is authorized to recognize. . . only one national governing body for each sport [e.g., Equestrian] for which an application is made and approved. . . (b) RECOMMENDATION TO INTERNATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATION-- . . .the corporation [USOC] shall recommend. . .the national governing body to the appropriate international sports federation [e.g., FEI] as the representative of the United States for that sport." Just to reiterate, this is UNITED STATES LAW, and has nothing to do with FEI policy or preference.
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