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Not saying you'll kiss ass. I'm saying they'll use your own words to justify/give cause for why they wont ever change the race format. When someone complains, they will simply say, "Our lead official reports": drafting isnt an major issue, the majority race clean, we busted nearly 200 racers, that the officials are doing a great job.[/quote] Drafting was a major issue in FL, and I would never report otherwise. The "majority race clean" comment was meant to indicate that there are righteous competitors out there, and not to imply that drafting is not a problem in IMFL.
Hello! Did you watch the video?:)
I'm simply stating that I will work within the system to do the best job I can do.
I get what you're saying and thanks for your comments. Without sincerely interested people - like most of those responding here - non-drafting tri will fade away. I don't want that.
JR
a fact what the majority of your customers want? From all the races I have helped in, been an official in, RD for, etc., I only hear a very very small group of folks bitch about drafting. In TODAYS races, the vast majority are
there for the experience, for the social, for everything other than worrying about some marshall who has a chip on their shoulder about what THEY think the tri sport should be. ( Why should anyone else care if a person got a new Bike PR. They are a happy customer, and guess what, happy customers come back. When is the last time a race did not fill up?)
This is why I made the two different types of comments to you. The first is if I were the WTC Boss, as of today, I would not change a thing. Why would I. All my races fill up and that is the ONLY thing that counts for success in a business. They pay you just enough, and you do just enough, to be able to tell the few that complain that all is being done to try to enforce ALL the rules that are on the books. (Even though the rule against
non racers across the finish line was ignored for years.) Make sense?
Now, if and only if the WTC boss asks you to look at some key rule changes is where I would offer before you start messing with such a successful business model, have real data from you customers as to what would allow you to make more money and grow your business. (Which might not be the right business thing to do. Sometimes a business can get too large and lead to its down fall). Now if, and only if, you find from your customer surveys that a key change or changes need to be made, great, then this is where I would start with a clean piece of paper and put all my biases aside. You would be paid for meeting your customer needs, not what you might have done in the past
or what you think is right.
This is where I have always seen the disconnect with the bitching. Where is the data that shows the vast majority want more focus on the drafting, rather than less? Do you think the few comments on ST represent the majority of Triathletes? Do you think Triathlon would be in the Olympics today if the ITU did not have the vision to just make their races draft legal? Other than the US, from my racing in other parts of the world, they could care less about drafting concerns. They just go and kick butt on all 3 parts, and boy do they get a lot more support on their races than I have ever see in the US.
Again, great job. I am just trying to offer that I hope you are looking at any rule changes based on your customer needs, and not based on your racing ideas on what should be "right". (I have no idea the answer, I just have my opinion from helping at the quantity of races I do per year, which I assume you get the same data. Do you have any data to show your customer based number 1 issue to deal with is drafting? I sure do not hear it anywhere to that level).
Dave
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