It's been a year now, I think--maybe more--that I've refused to renew my USATF membership, as a form of protest in response to the inequitable, unjust, and possibly unlawful actions of John Chaplin.
I missed 2 indoor seasons and an outdoor season because of this, and there are really no unsanctioned meets anywhere around where I live.
I hate to go crawling back, but I know that I've taken a $50-$100 bite out of their budget, so the protest was not completely ineffectual from my perspective as an individual.
This is the first season in about 10 years that I feel OK--because of the early spring I have been able to get my annual initial injury cycle out of the way (torn groin this year), and am already in an active rehab, so I might actually be able to run well by the end of the outdoor season.
Should I do it?