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Back a long time ago when there was a fist fight over who controlled 
amateur athletics in the US (where there was really amateur athletics in 
the US). Clearly the AAU had no status with the NCAA - although they 
tried especially with track and field. The AAU wanted to snuggle up to 
the IOC and get some Olympic money. They tried to force anyone running 
in college to become members of the AAU. It was a protracted fist fight 
- the AAU lost. At that time the "National Track and Field Championship" 
was an NCAA event. The AAU had it's own which it called the the "United 
States Track and Field Championship." So there is a history. I never 
paid my AAU dues and I ran in both. I got all sorts of nasty letters 
from the AAU which my coach told me give to him so they could beat the 
AAU up in court again.

I tend to agree - it should be changed to AERC Championship for 
accuracy. However, there is the concept in common law about who was 
there first. The AERC was there long before USEF (or at that time 
American Horse Shoe Association) had endurance on its radar screen. They 
(AERC) used the term National Champion in several different formats but 
National Championship none the less going way back prior to before AHSA 
had endurance on its radar screen. So I expect the AREC does own that term.

So maybe it's the AERC's way of poking the USEF ant hill - especially 
since the USEF made a failed run at the AERC over the issue.

Truman

Steph Teeter wrote:
> What about the 'N' part of AERC NC? seems that National is about the 
> same as United States? And I've always wondered how the non-USA 
> members of AERC felt about that. It should technically be the AERC 
> Championship if it's supposed to be for AERC members only. Or if it's 
> only for Nationals it should be the National Championship. hmmm....
>
> Steph
>
>
> On Jul 15, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Truman Prevatt wrote:
>
> > Well it is the AERC NC - not the United States National Championship 
> > - which I would expect would be in the preview of the USEF and not 
> > the AERC to run - or at least I suspect that is what the USEF would 
> > claim since they tried to lay claim the the AERC NC a few years ago. 
> > If USEF wanted to run a US NC - they could do it any way they wanted.
> >
> > Truman
> >
> > Endurance Net wrote:
> > > Also of note,  the french swept - the first 16 finishing were from 
> > > France. Nice to see they have the confidence to run with all comers 
> > > (a poke at the AERC ant-hill,  which refuses to allow an open 
> > > division at their NC b/c they don't want any furiners besting the 
> > > locals:)
> > >
> > > jt
> >
> >
> > --
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> > how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” 
> > Richard Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics
> >
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