I was reading the Sao Paulo Declaration at
http://www.wamo.info
and the FINA response also linked to on that site.
What exactly is the justification for FINA GR 4, which prohibits participation by individuals and/or organizations in non-FINA-affliated organizations or events? The rule seems unreasonably broad in not limiting in any way what organizations one can not be affiliated with!
On the idealistic side, I find it somewhat offensive to have my rights of association so limited by a body like FINA. On the pragmatic side, FINA seems to have stacked the cards so much in its favor that it is hard to imagine fighting it.
Mr. President;
USMS is undoubtedly –and LATyCAR has license to assert this- the benchmark of all Masters bodies… -but please- be assured that neither USAS nor FINA had anything to do with USMS’s origins and thus present situation: it has been entirely your MASTERS constituency doing it, obviously recruiting from your available resources.
For the second time in Masters history, USMS is being looked on for international guidance and leadership relative to FINA.
Q’s for you AND others to ponder/share, here are two:
1.) Did USMS investigate Mendoza’s written acusations independently?
2.) USMS, being a benchmark governing Masters body in the world, shouldn’t it establish a precedent and example by requesting FINA to explain itself?
LATyCAR invites USMS to investigate Mendoza’s allegations independently in order to seek fairness and transparency and report it to all of its members.
"Fair trial"... then you report an independent judgement.
We urge you, as President of the most important MGB in the world and host of the 2006 Worlds, to seek the truth and make it public.
Masters athletes deserve to know who was guilty of deceit: LATyCAR or FINA's representative Mendoza. Simple.
Mr. President;
USMS is undoubtedly –and LATyCAR has license to assert this- the benchmark of all Masters bodies… -but please- be assured that neither USAS nor FINA had anything to do with USMS’s origins and thus present situation: it has been entirely your MASTERS constituency doing it, obviously recruiting from your available resources.
For the second time in Masters history, USMS is being looked on for international guidance and leadership relative to FINA.
Q’s for you AND others to ponder/share, here are two:
1.) Did USMS investigate Mendoza’s written acusations independently?
2.) USMS, being a benchmark governing Masters body in the world, shouldn’t it establish a precedent and example by requesting FINA to explain itself?
LATyCAR invites USMS to investigate Mendoza’s allegations independently in order to seek fairness and transparency and report it to all of its members.
"Fair trial"... then you report an independent judgement.
We urge you, as President of the most important MGB in the world and host of the 2006 Worlds, to seek the truth and make it public.
Masters athletes deserve to know who was guilty of deceit: LATyCAR or FINA's representative Mendoza. Simple.
