Re: Re: Purchased VP hubs at the West Baden Indoor WC

From: <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 29 Mar 2018 14:23:59 +0000

Hi Simon,
  
 " Does anyone really want to find a loophole in the rules to exploit to gain an advantage?"
  
 If you are asking whether people will use every option available in their quest for performance, then the answer is yes – pretty much by definition.
  
 Not that long ago, the common thought on purchased hubs was, "I'd certainly buy one, but I'd never use it in competition". I heard that more times than I can count. Then it apparently slowly transmogrified into an acceptable practice in some corners (despite being a clear contradiction to the rules), and people began saying, "well, if so-and-so is using a purchased hub, then I guess I will, too". And here we are.
  
 " We need to make sure there is a happy consensus"
  
 The unfortunate reality is that there isn't a consensus. The best we are going to get is some open dialogue, and then a ruling that leaves one group or the other unsatisfied. Until if/when there is a change, and then the other group is going to be unsatisfied.
  
 What we can hold on to, though, is that most of us want what is best for the activity in the long run.
Received on Thu Mar 29 2018 - 14:24:05 CEST