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#Post#: 177--------------------------------------------------
Senior Selection Procedure Illegal?
By: Ladytkd Date: June 28, 2014, 2:45 pm
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I have previously posted comments on the Senior Team Selection.
Retroactive requirements and all - but I just noticed something
I missed. This would be a time where minutes from USAT AAC would
be helpful, but there are none.
There are four signatures on that policy - Bruce Harris CEO,
Patrick Wentworth (High Performance), Patrice Remarck (Head
Coach) and Nia Abadallah, (USOC AAC Rep Designee.)
To my knowledge there is no such position as USOC AAC Rep
Designee. There is a USOC AAC Rep Alternate who is supposed to
step in when the elected USOC AAC Rep can't do the job. I just
have never heard of the USOC AAC Rep just appointing someone to
do the job, so maybe there was a vote by the AAC?
There are training classes in selection procedures. Nothing on
Nia, but considering how there have been issues with every
single procedure for some time, wouldn't it make more sense to
get an athlete with some experience in selection procedures.
It has also been questioned how Nia has become the BOD alternate
- even though I understand that a) there was no AAC vote to that
effect (but there are no minutes, and b) that the USOC Athlete
Ombudsman said not just no, but hell no.
This is why these policies and procedures and minutes need to be
posted because right now, it looks like the USAT did not have a
valid AAC rep involved in the selection procedures and maybe
just gone someone to sign on the dotted line?
It is nothing on Nia, she wouldn't know if it was an approved
procedure etc... Who made this decision? If the CEO - that is
wrong, if High Performance - that is wrong, if Head Coach, that
is really, really wrong.
Why is this really really wrong? Can we say Conflict of
Interest? Nia is an appointed National Assistant Coach who has
been asked to sign off a procedure written by the very people
who appointed her to National Assistant Coach and can take the
position away. Of course she is going to vote the way they want
her to vote, they supervise her. They decide if she gets trips.
Can we say Kevin Padilla? Who voted on all kinds of things and
got to go to the Olympics and Worlds and Pan Ams and coach on
USOC dime - USOC loved paying for him to sightsee for 30 days in
Beijing. Not!
This just gives me a headache that I have to point this out.
#Post#: 189--------------------------------------------------
Re: Senior Selection Procedure Illegal?
By: Mad Dog Date: July 1, 2014, 9:28 am
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I can't help but wonder if all 4 people read all 13 pages.
Either all 4 over looked something or they signed off on a
different document. Look at the bottom of page 2, it says "....
cited in these procedures. Additional". Now look at top of
page 3, "of April 30, 2015) of the athletes requesting Wild
Card..." Something is missing. "Additional" what? What about
April 30, 2015? Sure we can make a guess as to what is missing
but how do we know?
With all the waivers and Wild Cards USAT has already written in,
how do we know this isn't another way for one of their favorite
chosen athletes to still make the team when that athlete failed
to make the team through the posted procedures.
#Post#: 190--------------------------------------------------
Re: Senior Selection Procedure Illegal?
By: Ladytkd Date: July 1, 2014, 9:31 am
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[quote author=Mad Dog link=topic=44.msg189#msg189
date=1404224910]
I can't help but wonder if all 4 people read all 13 pages.
Either all 4 over looked something or they signed off on a
different document. Look at the bottom of page 2, it says "....
cited in these procedures. Additional". Now look at top of
page 3, "of April 30, 2015) of the athletes requesting Wild
Card..." Something is missing. "Additional" what? What about
April 30, 2015? Sure we can make a guess as to what is missing
but how do we know?
With all the waivers and Wild Cards USAT has already written in,
how do we know this isn't another way for one of their favorite
chosen athletes to still make the team when that athlete failed
to make the team through the posted procedures.
[/quote]
I know that at least 2 or 3 of those people have no idea what
was in those procedures even though they signed them.
#Post#: 191--------------------------------------------------
Re: Senior Selection Procedure Illegal?
By: Ladytkd Date: July 1, 2014, 9:42 am
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[quote author=Mad Dog link=topic=44.msg189#msg189
date=1404224910]
I can't help but wonder if all 4 people read all 13 pages.
Either all 4 over looked something or they signed off on a
different document. Look at the bottom of page 2, it says "....
cited in these procedures. Additional". Now look at top of
page 3, "of April 30, 2015) of the athletes requesting Wild
Card..." Something is missing. "Additional" what? What about
April 30, 2015? Sure we can make a guess as to what is missing
but how do we know?
With all the waivers and Wild Cards USAT has already written in,
how do we know this isn't another way for one of their favorite
chosen athletes to still make the team when that athlete failed
to make the team through the posted procedures.
[/quote]
I am not thrilled with certain people being able to shop state
presidents to get a waiver into Nationals because they didn't
know they had to go to states. How did they not know? And the
state president where they live said no, not just no, hell no!
#Post#: 195--------------------------------------------------
Re: Senior Selection Procedure Illegal?
By: Mad Dog Date: July 1, 2014, 11:44 am
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Once again it's more about who you know, instead of tkd skills.
#Post#: 197--------------------------------------------------
Re: Senior Selection Procedure Illegal?
By: Ladytkd Date: July 1, 2014, 12:00 pm
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[quote author=Mad Dog link=topic=44.msg195#msg195
date=1404233080]
Once again it's more about who you know, instead of tkd skills.
[/quote]
Doesn't hurt to be a board member either.
#Post#: 209--------------------------------------------------
Re: Senior Selection Procedure Illegal?
By: Gorilla Date: July 1, 2014, 11:42 pm
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Wow
#Post#: 211--------------------------------------------------
Re: Senior Selection Procedure Illegal?
By: Ladytkd Date: July 2, 2014, 7:34 am
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[quote author=Gorilla link=topic=44.msg209#msg209
date=1404276149]
Wow
[/quote]
2 state presidents said no (good for them) before she found one
who said yes. The waiver system is unfair. It has been
suggested that it was put into the last set of rules so certain
people could skip states. Shopping for waivers, it just does
not sit well especially when it is a board member.
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