AndrewCJF wrote:
QUOTE FROM CRAIG TRNKA: If the AFA decides they would rather not mess with this we will have the Grand Finale at least 6 weeks away from the convention.
FROM THE WCB PROPOSAL: National Championship – TBD. Will be held in February or March of 2008.
Come on Andrew you know better. You know that the date in the proposal is based on the proposal being accepted.
If I was in charge of the WCB. I would just tell the AFA to forget the whole deal. And I would schedule our finals on the same date, in the same town, and on the same block as the AFA convention. And form my own team. I would call it the North America Team.
Now how many competitors do you think the AFA would have?
What kind of teamwould come from the AFA contest?
However, the WCB does not want to do this to the AFA. Because, they still believe in and support the AFA.
AndrewCJF wrote:
[QUOTE FROM CRAIG TRNKA: If the AFA is in the picture the convention would be the year end. Anybody could compete at the year end and win the convention but if you wanted to be overall or on the Team you would have to ac***ulate points. Competitors could come and compete without having to drag a rig along. Foriegn competitors could have a fighting chance because they would be competing on the same equipment and begging and hoping they would get a good rig.
FROM THE WCB PROPOSAL: At the completion of the regional qualifiers, the cut will be made and 40 competitors will be announced to compete at the National Championship. There will be approximately 15 lottery spots for foreign competitors to keep the international involvement in the year end. The points will carry over into the National Championship and the classes at the National Championship will be worth double points to create added excitement. A foreign competitor could win all the classes at the National Championship but would unlikely win the year end award unless they made it to the regional contests. Foreign competitors would only be allowed to compete at the National Championship if they were living outside of the USA.
The number in the proposal is because the AFA made a statement that they would have to limit the number at the 2008 convetion due to the size of the venue where the contest would be held.
Andrew
Tell us how the AFA was gooing to choose those who compete if there is a limit? Oh yea, I forgot it would be based on who sends in their registration form first. Since there is no other way to decide.
Gee, the WCB has already determined how to choose the 40. By holding qualifirers through out the year.
AndrewCJF wrote:
If in fact ANYONE CAN COMPETE….Does this mean that the winner of the convention would not be on the team if he/she was not a WCB Competitor and had not acc**ulated points, even though, hypothetically at this point, he made the best shoes and beat the “best” WCB competitors?
Who do you want on the team. Joe Smuck who lucked out in one competition, or his brother who went through several qualifiers and proved that he could consistently make good shoe any time.
AndrewCJF wrote:
If this is the case, doesn’t this mean competitors will be forced to be WCB members if they want a shot at a place on the AFA Team…is this correct?[/COLOR][/B]
Which leads us to Andrews next question in the proposal.
• Are non-members of the WCB allowed to compete at their sanctioned events?
I might add this is a good question and one only the WCB can answer.
Of course it would make sense to me that one would have to be a member of the WCB to compete. Just like one has to be a member of the PRCA, NFL, NBA, ect.. I don't have a problem with one haveing to be part of an organization to enter the competitions or other benifits that one may derive from being a member.
Of course the AFA does not ether. Remember the change to the certification program last fall.
AndrewCJF wrote:
QUOTE FROM CRAIG TRNKA: What do I want from the AFA? Nothing.
FROM THE WCB PROPOSAL: Sponsorship: WCB will seek sponsorship monies for the competition to increase the purse and help offset the costs. AFA’s current contracts for competition sponsorship end in 2007 so the timing of transition would create no issues.
Craig,
If you don’t want “nothing”, than why are you taking away sponsorship money from the AFA? Aren’t you going to ask the current sponsors to back the WCB?
Makes since that if the WCB is going run the competition, and the contract with the AFA are going to expire. That now would be a good time to change over and bring the sponsers a long as well.
AndrewCJF wrote:
Isn’t this taking money away from the AFA?
Not at all it just moving money that is set aside by an organization for the competition to another organization who is running the competition. Its the same competition that a company is sponsering with the same money. After all the AFA does not make any money from the competition. If I remember correctly they spend some of their own as well.
Think of what would be save by the AFA to be used else where. Like education.
AndrewCJF wrote:
Furthermore, the questions posed regarding the allocation of sponsorship money by the WCB remain unanswered. Kindly explain, for example, if get a $100,000 in sponsorship money how this will be allocated. How much will go to Administrative Costs, Advertising & Promotions, Prize Money, Transpotation, Staffing, Insurance, etc…
Does it matter where the money goes that a sponser gives an organization to run an event as long as it goes to the event. I don't believe it important or necessary for the WCB to share with the AFA where the money goes as long as the competition is held to the same or higher standerds as the current competition.
After all the AFa could not even tell you where the money is spent!