USATF & Max Siegel Continue Their Powergrab - This Time Against The Youth

The USOC Is Watching · 2016-05-25T18:16:28-04:00

How freaking lawyered up is this anonymous email from USATF?: USATF Action Regarding Youth Executive Committee Since January, the USATF National Office and its volunteer Youth Executive Committee have been in a dispute about the selection of the vendor selected to provide registration services for the four (4) national youth championships in 2016. The parties were unable to resolve the dispute, which centers around the ability of the CEO to manage the commercial/business aspects of USATF. As a result of the inability of the parties to find agreement on this issue, USATF's National Office, at the direction of its Board of Directors, initiated a grievance to seek clarity on the issue. USATF's National Office has been proceeding in good faith during the course of the grievance process. The same cannot be said of the volunteer Youth Executive Committee as evidenced by: The Youth Executive Committee's repeated refusal to use the registration company selected; Conducting secret meetings undermining the integrity of the championship qualification process; Circulation of petitions and videos impugning the reputation of the selected vendor; Encouraging the use of another registration system, creating chaos and placing thousands of kids at risk of not being able to participate in the national championships. Because the volunteers' actions exceeded the scope of volunteer roles and significantly impact the viability of the four youth national championship events, while affecting USATF's ability to fulfill its obligations to its vendors and sponsors, on Tuesday, the USATF Board of Directors convened a conference call to discuss the legal and financial exposure USATF has already incurred as a result of the actions of the Youth Athletics Chair and the Youth Executive Committee that was outside their volunteer scope and authority. Without immediate action, the damage to USATF athletes, vendors, sponsors and reputation would be irreparable. Accordingly, the board as the fiduciary body of USATF voted, 11-1, to suspend the entire Youth Executive Committee and its chairman, Lionel Leach. All 2016 USATF Youth events will continue as normal. Specific directions to USATF Associations for athlete registration have been sent directly to Associations.

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9 years ago 06/14/2016 8:30pm EDT

re: polevaultpower

Isn't the issue that the LOC disregarded Max's instructions to sign with a different vendor?

9 years ago 06/15/2016 9:45am EDT

re: ya but

ya but wrote:
Isn't the issue that the LOC disregarded Max's instructions to sign with a different vendor?

This was not an LOC, this was the Youth Executive Committee. The power struggle has been brewing for years.

9 years ago 06/15/2016 9:59am EDT

re: polevaultpower

polevaultpower wrote:
8FE wrote:
Hey polevalutpower, don't you have a conflict of interest with athletic.net. Please disclose. Thank you.
I have worked closely with them in the past. I got the college section of their database off the ground using (with permission) data that VaultnGus originally put together, and did a looooooot of data entry before TFRRS came around.
I think I got paid a very small amount at that time, maybe 7 years ago? Unfortunately, they didn't have the resources to pay me for doing collegiate stuff on a regular basis, and once I started having kids, I ran out of time and energy for volunteer data entry.

I am quite sorry that athletic.net stiffed you out of money. That's what all the online track entities do. They take advantage of your fanhood and never come up with wages that meet a minimum. You're expected to be charitable with your time and accuracy and they can't pay you money. You could honestly have worked at a fast food restaurant and earned more which is absolutely pathetic.

9 years ago 06/15/2016 12:02pm EDT

re: ya but

ya but wrote:
Isn't the issue that the LOC disregarded Max's instructions to sign with a different vendor?

From the bylaws:

C. Youth Athletics Committee:

1. Duties: The Youth Athletics Committee shall:

a. Championships: Have jurisdiction over all championships in its discipline, and institute, conduct, and manage

its national championships, regional championships, Youth Junior Olympics Association championships, and

all other championships under its auspices, under Regulation 18;

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=7318613&page=2#ixzz4BfVwnGbW

9 years ago 06/15/2016 6:19pm EDT

re: The USOC Is Watching

As far as I can tell USATF's lawsuit against the Youth Committee has gotten no press coverage and USATF has never publicly said anything about it. Which is pretty amazing because this seems like a big deal to me.

Maybe Max is using his marketing genius to keep everything quiet.

9 years ago 06/17/2016 7:38pm EDT

re: newswatcher

newswatcher wrote:
As far as I can tell USATF's lawsuit against the Youth Committee has gotten no press coverage and USATF has never publicly said anything about it. Which is pretty amazing because this seems like a big deal to me.
Maybe Max is using his marketing genius to keep everything quiet.

I sent it to a few reporters but no bites yet :(

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