[NSRCA-discussion] OK it's time to stir things up. Where's the beef?

[Chris Moon]

Mike:
The only reason you can't afford it is that you have joined the e-crowd 
and now have to spend all of your money buying electrons instead of glow 
fuel.... :)

Chris

mike mueller wrote:
>  Thanks Claude. I just reread what I wrote this morning when I had the 
> mood and after further review I still feel the same way. I hope 
> everyone gets that the sticker ban thing wasn't something that I 
> thought as realistic. It's just that I hate the way that sponsorships 
> have invaded our sport and polluted our best. That's a personal 
> opinion that I will stick with that I know isn't going to change. Oh 
> yeah only stickers from Non Profits and charities would be allowed in 
> my world. Thanks everyone for allowing me to express myself. Mike 
> Mueller flying pattern and only pattern since 1964 and still in love 
> with the sport even though I can't afford it.
>
> */Claude Weimer <cweimer at tconl.com>/* wrote:
>
>     Mike, I think that is an excellent idea.
>      
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>     *From:* nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>     [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] *On Behalf Of
>     *mike mueller
>     *Sent:* Thursday, September 28, 2006 8:04 AM
>     *To:* nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>     *Subject:* [NSRCA-discussion] OK it's time to stir things up.
>     Where's the beef?
>      
>      I have an observation that I've made that disturbes me. I don't
>     think that we are getting enough of the top notch or team worthy
>     flyers participating on a local level.
>      I think that in the future the team trials need to be revamped so
>     that a flyer wanting to make the team would be required to fly in
>     at least 3 to 5 local contests per year.
>      Here's why I think this is important. We need the top names in
>     our sport to be part of the sport from a leadership standpoint.
>     Imagine a QQ showing up to fly against Andrew at a local contest.
>     It would be much more exciting to watch and it would therefore
>     promote more interest. If we continue on the path we are going
>     interest in pattern will continue to slide.
>      In the 70's when the team selection was known as the Masters you
>     had to fly your way into the contest by accumulating points on the
>     local level. It was exciting. Were totally missing the boat with
>     our present system.
>      So here's the deal. Support the real pattern flyers who make the
>     effort to support us and we will all be better off. Oh and for
>     what it's worth I think we would be better off all around if we
>     didn't allow any stickers or blatant advertising of any products
>     in our sport. Let's get back to the flyers who do it on there own
>     without all the sponsorships.
>      All this is just what I've seen in the last 6 years of flying
>     after a 15 year absence for the hobby.  TIA for letting me vent
>     and as my budddy Bobby Satalino would say "Have a nice
>     day"!        Mike Mueller
>      
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