USS Fall Board Mtg - Approved Regulations

[aaosmts19]

Received an email today from Perry Kinder:
Dear US Speedskating Members,


The proposed 2008-2009 Long and Short Track Regulations were approved by the USS Board of Directors on September 13, 2008 at the Fall Board Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT. To find these regulations, visit our website at www.usspeedskating.org and click on the "Competitions, Events & Results" tab then scroll down to the board meeting listing. Or click on the "About USS" tab and go to "Governance/Board Meetings" and click on "Reports of Actions." The regulations will soon be placed under the "USS Rules" link on the homepage.


Thank you and enjoy the racing season.


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Peri Kinder

U.S. Speedskating
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Kearns, UT 84118
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I have posted the URL's for ST and LT, respectively:

www.usspeedskating.org/pdf/122175194230269_STRegs08-09v16Posting.pdf

www.usspeedskating.org/pdf/122175190223093_LTRegsSept08v7Posting.pdf

These look to be the standard regulations which are mostly likely reviewed for changes each year. There is no revision section to the documents, meaning that you have to read thru the whole thing and determine for yourself what has changed from the previous year, if anything.

A couple of things:

I searched the ST regulations for "video" and found nothing (so it looks like there is no mention of videoing...I'm not sure if any decision of that would be found in either of these documents).

Also,

INTERNATIONAL EVENT QUALIFYING CRITERIA (2008-2009 Season)
2008 Fall World Cups (#1, #2, #3, #4)
Eligibility:
ISU Rule 286 determines the eligibility of the USA to submit entries for these competitions.
Entry Quotas:
The 2008 Fall World Cup Team may be comprised of up to 6 Ladies and 6 men.
Selection Procedures:
A) Any skater who places in the top three overall classifications at the 2008 World Short Track Speedskating Championships will be pre-selected to compete in the 2008-2009 Fall World Cups #1, #2, #3 and #4.
Apolo Ohno – 1st 2008 World Short Track Speedskating Championships

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We were discussing over in the ST AM Cup I thread, the implications of AO not signing up for this weekends meet. Guess this is why. As was suggested he draws a 'bye'...not because he is World Champion but because he was in the top 3 overall classifications at the 2008 World Short Track Speedskating Championships .

Hm....so you being a world champion has nothing to do with tgetting into next year's WC, if I read this right...

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Olympic info:

INTERNATIONAL EVENT QUALIFYING CRITERIA (2009-2010 Season)
2009 Fall World Cups #1, #2, #3 and #4

Eligibility:
ISU Rule 286 determines the eligibility of the USA to submit entries for these competitions.

Entry Quotas:
The 2009 Fall World Cup #1, #2, #3 and #4 Team may be comprised of up to six (6) Ladies and six (6) Men and may be adjusted accordingly based on ISU quotas and regulations.

Selection Procedures:
A) The selection competition will be the 2010 U.S. Short Track Speedskating Championships. From this competition the team will be selected to attend World Cups #1, #2, #3 and #4. Those selected to the World Cup Team will be the same skaters who qualify for the 2010 Olympic Team plus the Alternate.B) To be eligible, World Cup skaters must commit to attend World Cups #1, #2, #3 and #4.

2010 Olympic Games Team Selection Process
All selection criteria, required events, processes and procedures for Olympic Team selection has been approved by the US Speedskating Board of Directors. These documents have been submitted to the USOC for approval. Once approved, it will be published separately on the USS and USOC websites.

Medal Contender Illness or Injury Clause:
All selection criteria, required events, processes and procedures for Olympic Team selection has been approved by the US Speedskating Board of Directors. These documents have been submitted to the USOC for approval. Once approved, it will be published separately on the USS and USOC websites.

[number1fan]

Sept 18, 2008 19:33:16 GMT -5 aaosmts19 said:

Olympic info:

INTERNATIONAL EVENT QUALIFYING CRITERIA (2009-2010 Season)
2009 Fall World Cups #1, #2, #3 and #4

Eligibility:
ISU Rule 286 determines the eligibility of the USA to submit entries for these competitions.

Entry Quotas:
The 2009 Fall World Cup #1, #2, #3 and #4 Team may be comprised of up to six (6) Ladies and six (6) Men and may be adjusted accordingly based on ISU quotas and regulations.

Selection Procedures:
A) The selection competition will be the 2010 U.S. Short Track Speedskating Championships. From this competition the team will be selected to attend World Cups #1, #2, #3 and #4. Those selected to the World Cup Team will be the same skaters who qualify for the 2010 Olympic Team plus the Alternate.B) To be eligible, World Cup skaters must commit to attend World Cups #1, #2, #3 and #4.

2010 Olympic Games Team Selection Process
All selection criteria, required events, processes and procedures for Olympic Team selection has been approved by the US Speedskating Board of Directors. These documents have been submitted to the USOC for approval. Once approved, it will be published separately on the USS and USOC websites.

Medal Contender Illness or Injury Clause:
All selection criteria, required events, processes and procedures for Olympic Team selection has been approved by the US Speedskating Board of Directors. These documents have been submitted to the USOC for approval. Once approved, it will be published separately on the USS and USOC websites.

thanks for posting this info aaosmts19

next year's qualifying events for wc #1-4 will be HUGE!...just the mention of the 2010 olympic team, gives me goosebumps!

[mtnme]

We were discussing over in the ST AM Cup I thread, the implications of AO not signing up for this weekends meet. Guess this is why. As was suggested he draws a 'bye'...not because he is World Champion but because he was in the top 3 overall classifications at the 2008 World Short Track Speedskating Championships.

Well, actually, being World Champion kind of DID make him in the top 3 overall for the world Championships by default. But he could have come in second or third overall, and he still would have had the bye. It was a long shot that he would be at an American Cup anyway, and Lori did bring up a VERY valid point about the wisdom of NOT competing.
This is a dangerous sport, the chances of getting hurt are there everytime they step on the ice. Why take the chance on a competition that isn't necessary, and would only be to their detriment if they were injured. Which of course would now leave them completely screwed for the ones that were. So I'm not surprised on no Apolo - it was a long shot anyway.

What I WOULD appreciate is if they would stop teasing people on his freakin' website and posting the competition on his 'Schedule'. No other American Cup Competitions were mentioned for the season, so why this one?
(...other than to just yank people's chains....)

[bubblebuttsbabe]

I don't think they could vote on something like videos/photos without making an 'informed' decision. And I don't think they've researched the pros and cons very well, IMO. But it's USS, so who knows...