Impeding a Club Trial - Page 2

Lokking at his webside and seeing his & his wifes achievements - it even amazes me more ! Somebody must have stepped on his plate - that just cant have been a bad hair day for him !!

Don has a good point - if they have not taken action by now, and cleared the situation by now, then they might not be interested at all.

Beth you are right, good that everybody kept his cool - it surely could have gone different. Maybe he wanted to host the event for some revenue ?

Truely unreal !

Ulli

Does anyone know if charges have been filed with the UScA Board of Inquiry? I understand they must be filed w/in 12 months.

Who filed the charges (I understand a "deposit" must be made)?

Where does the BOI stand at this time? The BOI committee members can be found on the UScA website.

Mary

You have to send a deposit?

According to the Bylaws I found online, $75 per charge. Refunded if the charge is substantiated. I am assuming this is to keep some of the personal vendetta types out.

Mary

I have been repeatedly told that if a "charge" is not filed with the BOI, regardless of how flagrant a violation is, what the violatio is, or who was standing around watching said violation, that the BOI will do nothing. Yes, there is a fee to file a charge. This is ludicrous. It is just a vestige of the old USA organization where pettiness rules. The fact that the organization has a BOI that does nothing unless someone files a charge is also ludicrous. Whether video is accepted as evidence in a BOI investigation is something I do not know.

 Whether the club in question did or did not have permission to use these grounds, I do not know. However, unless it was Hanrahans' property, in my opinion, he was completely out of line in doing what he did. The right thing to do would have been for HIM to file a charge, IF, in fact, the club hosting the trial was using the property without permission. 

I don't give a rats' behind who he is. His behavior was despicable. For a foreign judge to have been there to see this is even more embarrassing to the organization. But then again, I have been saying all along that the organization is floundering and shooting itself in the foot. Who on earth wants to belong to a group that allows this kind of childish and bullying behavior to occur? No wonder membership is waning.

I do not know whether the club did or did not file a charge in this incident. But they should have. And, assuming they had permission to be there, they should have gotten some relief. At the very least, unless Hanrahan had specific instructions from the property owner to chase the club, he should have been sanctioned. I could give a damn who he is, how "famous" he is, what teams he has been a part of or what. His behavior is not civil and was wrong, even IF the club was in the wrong and even IF he had instructions to chase the club. The right thing to do would have been to prove to the LE authority that he had permission to speak for the owner and have the LE chase the club. But one does not drive all over the field. What an ass.

It is sad to see this is the mentality of some of the people who represent this organization. I am seriously considering whether to renew when the time comes.

According to someone on another messageboard, there was a board of inquiry and UScA found the video plus 15 witness statements "inconclusive".

WOW.  Who is narrating the video?  Did everyone get  new tracks on an undisturbed area later? I'd feel bad for any newcomers who were negatively affected by this incident.

I'm surprised no one threw a handful of roofing nails in front of that van on its way back to the street. Not a pretty picture, that's for sure.

SS

First let me say that I don't know any of the parties involved.

As usual there are many sides to issues.  What Person "A" says, what person "B" says, and in this case from what I hear what the land owner says.  A Video only tells one side of the story, just like a story teller only with pictures.  I believe ALL of the facts (not all are public) were reviewed by UScA. 

So unless you were on the BOI, then I am pretty sure you don't have all the facts.  People are so quick to believe a Video but forget that it only tells 1 side of the story. 

.

Steve:  Did he say why he involved himself in this, what his interest was?  Was he a friend of the owner and acting on the owners behalf?