Hawkpeter wrote: ↑Mon Dec 22, 2025 10:43 pm
My question is, who adheres to rules better, athletes and coaches to the competition rules of the sport or administrators to the governance rules of the sport?
Athletes/coaches, always. Pigs do as pigs have done, although they have recently taken the unprecedented action of showering off their shit since a few years ago. As Brian Oliver says, there are still lots of issues but thankfully it's much better now than it ever has been in the past. This does not of course mean that there isn't ample room for improvement; the IWF has advanced to the Victorian age from the dinosaur age.
However,
Hawkpeter wrote: ↑Mon Dec 22, 2025 10:43 pm'The document, purportedly submitted by a coalition of individuals across multiple continents - including member federations, technical officials, and delegates, paints a troubling picture of pre-arranged outcomes, compromised democratic processes, and ethical breaches at the highest levels of the sport. Due to an alleged 'climate of intimidation,' these sources have requested to remain anonymous.'
I am, as usual, suspect of the new ItG team since it was bought out. I have had it privately confirmed that some previous details of the similar story some months back were untrue and/or extremely misrepresented. This smells to me of sour grapes regarding a loss of political power/influence on the board, rather than a well intentioned tell-all. Sometimes the things that someone doesn't (chooses not to) say speaks louder than what is said.
Interesting, with everything going on in Venezuela today, I notice that at some time in the last few weeks the location for 2026 Pan Ams has gone from Isla Margarita Venezuela to Panama.
erpel wrote: ↑Sun Jan 04, 2026 6:56 am
They can compete under the neutral flag, after vetting they're not connected to the military (or CIA, etc.).
Careful there, you might get beaten and arrested for humanizing the people of the third world. People like me are not meant to be human. You might be lucky though, at least you're not a teenage girl.
erpel wrote: ↑Sun Jan 04, 2026 6:56 am
They can compete under the neutral flag, after vetting they're not connected to the military (or CIA, etc.).
Careful there, you might get beaten and arrested for humanizing the people of the third world. People like me are not meant to be human. You might be lucky though, at least you're not a teenage girl.
In other news, this post gives, in my opinion, more circumstantial evidence regarding this being a cynical attempt to regain power from Adamfi rather than any meaningful, accurate and good faith criticism.