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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You have my respect and support.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>John Ferrell <BR><A
href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></DIV>
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<A title=mups1953@yahoo.com href="mailto:mups1953@yahoo.com">mike mueller</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Defensive judging to avoid
retaliation. Are you guilty? </DIV>
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<DIV> I'll be honest with you and that is I don't care what I get scored.
I fly the Steve Maxwell way to satisfy myself. I havn't made any money flying
since 1976 so it's all I have left. I stopped looking at my
scores 2 years ago. That doesn't keep me from knowing the reality of the
situation. I vow that this year I'm going to tow the line and call a spade a
spade. I encourage you to spread the word. Mike<BR><BR><B><I>John Ferrell
<johnferrell@earthlink.net></I></B> wrote:
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You have a decision to make:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you want to be part of the problem or do you
want to be part of the solution?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When the biggest bully wins, the end of the
game is near...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>John Ferrell <BR><A
href="http://dixienc.us/">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mups1953@yahoo.com href="mailto:mups1953@yahoo.com">mike
mueller</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Defensive judging to avoid
retaliation. Are you guilty? </DIV>
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<DIV>Ok, this is the worst part of the problem with judging snaps, if you
take a stand and decide to be the "snap policeman" then you run the risk
of judges retaliation. Say your Bob the relatively new Advanced flyer
and your judging Joe superstar FAI guy. He executes a snap that's thought
by most to be pretty good because Joe performed it. You know better and
think it didn't show a proper break in pitch, so you 0 the maneuver. Dude
are you kidding me? Word get's out that you gave Joe superstar a 0
and you have a bullseye on your back that may effect how others are going
to judge you. Your stuck in the middle of a tough competition with your
arch rival and can't afford the inevitable results. Who wants a reputation
as a so called jerky judge especially one that can't fly nearly as well as
"Joe"?</DIV>
<DIV> Don't think for a second that this doesn't happen and happen
all the time. Thus you get the guys that take the "SAFE" route and scores
7 and 8's on everything even though you know better. Then there's the guy
that's competing against you judging in a defensive manner. Very few
guys are willing to step on toes because they are worried about the
consequences. </DIV>
<DIV> I hate contestant judging because it's vanilla. Back when
pattern was King we didn't allow it. When you held a contest you provided
judges that didn't fly. In so many ways it was better. Given all that were
stuck with it and it ain't changing anytime soon because we lack the
numbers that we used to have. </DIV>
<DIV> Houston we have a problem!!!!!!!!</DIV>
<DIV> PS: This is not meant to hurt Joe's feelings, so don't take it
too personally please. This is what makes judging snaps too hard for most
of us.</DIV>
<DIV> Oh ya am I guilty? In the past I would admit that it has played
in to my thinking process. I wonder how many of you would admit to this
fault.</DIV>
<DIV> Have
a nice day!! Mike</DIV>
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