The USACFC - 2008

I'm so glad that Purdue didn't go to the USACFC's. Just from the email list after the fact it's ugly. Not only is the usual fuckery, but it's personal in a public-ish forum. Examples:

• "Even the perception of back-room dealing by a few people (and there's been way more than just the perception of it in the past couple years with this group) "


• "...when he entered the seeding into the software, which resulted in absurd seeding"


• "Additionally, your outrageous comment regarding "back-room dealing by a few people" claiming "and there's been way more than just the perception of it in the past couple years with this group" is FALSE, accusatory, irrational, reeks of ludicrous conspiracy theories, attacks the credibility and honesty of individuals and the USACFC as a whole, is personally insulting to those you imply are accused, based on close-minded suspicion, not facts, and flat out WRONG." (I personally like that some words need to be YELLED).


• "If, instead of childish sarcasm, you actually have a better idea, I'd
  love to hear it."

So yeah, they're all professionals and everything is above the belt at least, right? Oh wait. But the real punch line is when the president of the USACFC states as his #1 point "We have provided our teams with an NCAA experience". If this is a NCAA experience, I'm sure as hell glad I was never part of a varsity fencing program. The organization should be dismantled and started over. I didn't know people could all have similar causes and be such ass holes about it to each other.