ANST - RE: Looking for the heat....READY to FLAME-ON!!!
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Fri May 21 08:04:41 PDT 1999
> Lorraine and/or Kief (deer_kief at hotmail.com) said something that sounded
> like:
> > >>2) A&S event steward competing in the competition.
> > >not a good idea. if he or she wins, it looks suspicious.
> > Suspicious....?????!!!!! Of what??????!!!!!!
>
> To take the example to the extremes, it would be like the current King
> entering Crown Tourney.
>
No it wouldn't. The current King can not succeed himself, because it is
prohibited by our organization's rules. Therefore he can not be a
contestant for the Crown. For a sitting Crown to enter the Crown List as a
contestant is an impropriety, not just a suspicion of impropriety.
> It is not a matter of time, entrest or desire, but a matter of
> perceptions. The A&S coordinator setups the guidelines that the entries
> will be judged by, arranges for judges, etc. If they turn around and
> win, people will feel like it is rigged even though it is not.
>
> Ciao,
> Phelim "Pug" Gervase | "I want to be called. COTTONTIPS. There is
> something
>
While it may be gauche for the event steward or the A&S coordinator to enter
the competition, it is not prohibited unless written into the competition
rules.
I've seen competitions where the A&S coordinator entered their work, just to
have more stuff on the tables. I didn't perceive this as rigging. I've
seen competitions where the A&S coordinator had no visible stake, but I
would swear the competition had been rigged to give the "right" people
visiblity in the A&S scene. Right, wrong or indifferent, people have
perceptions.
Being that an A&S competition does not affect my life, health, wealth or
general well-being, I'm willing to let anyone compete.
Bear
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