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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I really don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t see what purpose this thread is going to serve</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> we</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (us</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> this list)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> cannot control what</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the quality of the judges are going to be at any world championship. We (the NSRCA and the AMA) can only control which US judge is presented to the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">CIAM</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> we should also not influence how other countries select their judges either. That is their right and they control that process.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Making statements that the WC</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s are somehow using judges that don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t judge by the rules isn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t fair to those judges that judged at the WC</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s at all.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but let’s at least give them</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (judges)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the benefit of the doubt in that they</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">judged the flights according to the way they saw it. Please remember that there are 20 judges there and I seriously doubt that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the majority</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> of them</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">were in collusion and were determined to pick</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">their</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> guy as the champion.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Also please remember that in the finals, 5 judges were only judging the left turnaround maneuvers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> only</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, 5 different judges were judging the right turnaround maneuvers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> only</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, and 10 different judges were judging the center</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> maneuvers only.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> No one is perfect if they missed seeing a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> line off by 5/10/15 degrees, or an over/under rotation on a roll (snap) by 5/10 degrees.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ll leave you with a quote</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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