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Re: The Jury is still out on the Jury

Posted By: Jason " Too S.E.X.Y. " Burnell
Date: Friday, 6 June 2008, at 8:25 a.m.

In Response To: Re: The Jury is still out on the Jury (Regina Hackney)

"That bounce and go bench press must not be to famous, I never heard of it. "

Men's Nationals a few years back. Ray missed his first two bench presses. On his third attempt he absolutely, positively did not pause his bench. It was literally a bounce and go. White lights and a win. I was standing next to two of his handlers one of whom said to the other, "Christmas came early this year." Ask Lance - he witnessed it I'm pretty sure Elliot recalls it too - If I recall correctly, I think it was he who wrote something about it being "controversial". Might have been Jimmy K - can't recall who wrote the writeup.

In any event, the refs completely failed and the jury did nothing. nada. zilch.

"Come to one of National meets and you will bee the jury working."

Regina, I've been to several National meets in USAPL and also in other feds. The jury is a huge waste of time, a table and coffee. Better to put them to work on the platform or send them home and save the meet director the extra room cost. Use the table for awards, food or speakers or something useful.

Think about it this way. At local meets, there is no jury. If a ref is screwing up, the meet director/head ref can get together and replace him. If there is a bad call or a question - ie spotter touched bar, misload or whatever, the refs generally get together and decided the best course of action.

It's really a losing proposition. If a jury doesn't overturn a call, the party that protested will insist they got screwed. If the jury does overturn a call, whoever lost is going to claim they got screwed. It's just not worth the effort.

At a meet I attended last year, they were short of refs for some reason. You'd think one of the officials at the jury table would have stepped in.
Not. I understand though. Cold coffee sucks.

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