Mike,
On the amatuerism/team topic we agree wholeheartedly, but that should
surprise no one on this list!!
This summer I had submitted a detailed proposal to score the Golden
Spike Tour along team lines. The proposal was given directly to Craig
Masback, who said he presented it to the Board of Directors. I'll take
him at his word, as there is no reason to doubt this. Basically, it was
shot down - I don't remember the details - and we got stuck with the
point system that is being used now for the Pontiac Cup thing.
My point was the infamous "Joe Sixpack" would understand the team
thing. It was to be done on a mixed-dual meet format so that each team
would go head-to-head with all others in the meet. I'd love to know why
the IAAF table scoring was used instead, as "Joe" has no idea what these
scores mean, nor does he care.
MJR
