And he’s good at it. wrote:
Credit wrote:
He basically steals everything from this site.
A good investigator suspends judgement until he/she has enough evidence to make a determination. I commend Derek for wading through all the info, contacting the concerned parties, and summarizing his findings. He doesn’t make up his own facts, just presents the findings. Great Job Derek, hopefully people contemplating cheating in the future will take heed of how this can mess up their life (and Frank will come clean. I know, cheats aren’t going to stop, and once caught continue the vigorous denials).
I’m not much different than the other posters here. I’m no smarter or no better at this than some others. But I have a platform, and I have contacts. I also have to be tempered and careful with what I write. I can’t call someone a cheater because I am pretty sure they cheated. I have a responsibility to be thorough and fair. Without this thread, I wouldn’t have seen the first photos of Frank on the corner which led to the additional discoveries. I’ve been clear in crediting this thread.
Also, I know he’s Just trolling, But I would support anyone trying to work with races to prevent cheating. In most cases, races have what they need. If they empower the timing companies (and photographers), they should catch most cheating on their own.
LA reached out to me about Frank before, as I’ve said. But they are clearly about their brand first. integrity and accuracy is down the list.
It’s situations like that that make me hesitant to search out partner races. I don’t want to enter into agreements where a race will pull this when it comes time to DQ.
For me, it’s best to remain largely independent and partner with brands and races that are 100% behind M.I. And that will make decisions solely based on the accuracy and integrity of results. Many races don’t seem to realize, that making the right decisions will lead to good P.R.