Message text written by INTERNET:drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Mr. Balch goes on to describe the competitor who qualifies for an international competition and then runs into a road block. Again I quote, "Whether because of funding issues or not,, some of our more elite and experienced sport leaders seek to deny that competitor the opportunity to go abroad because 'they won't win' and 'we can't have people competing internationally for the USA who don't win.'" This is absurd. The job of any sport's governing structure should be to maximize opportunities for international competition, not minimize them and restri= ct them to a pre-chosen few.< Jay, I am confused, and I haven't had time to go see if the article is o= n line. The quote would appear to me to support our position that the pair= s should go, but your comment saying it is absurd appears that you think it= says the opposite. = Marjean = _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````