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Posted by John McKay
on October 13, 2009, 4:21 am, in reply to "Re: Powerlifting Federation Standards Association(PFSA) Project Begins"
Another thought on the subject; the general public isn't going to give a rats @ss about any of this. The only ones interested will be powerlifters and most already lift in the organizations they want to lift in without a "stamp"of approval.I work for USDA and there is "stamps" of inspection on retail products. How many times have you looked at a label to see if it is USDA inspected or what the label says is in the product;it might surprise you. I am of the opinion that this only creates more discrepancy in a sport that is recreational at best. JM
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: My personal opinion is it will fly about as
: far as an Ostrich on a calm day! I don't
: think that it will garner much support when
: it comes down to finally making commitments
: by PL organizations.JM
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: In a climate where more and more lifting
: organizations are conducting events, and
: telling the public that they are
: "powerlifting" meets, when in fact
: the performances that are executed at those
: events only mimic powerlifting, Job
: Hou-Seye, of Wisconsin Powerlifting, states
: that "It is time for the creation of a
: Guild, if you will, of Powerlifting
: Organizations that will only put its Seal on
: Powerlifting Meets that genuinely embrace
: TRUE Powerlifting, so that the
: 'Lifter-Consumer' will know whether or not
: they are entering a legitimate
: competition."
:
: To that end, Hou-Seye suggests that the
: Powerlifting Federation Standards
: Association(PFSA) be created, to define for
: "Lifter-Consumers" which
: powerlifting meets embrace the bona fide
: rules of powerlifting, and set them apart
: from "backyard" meets.
:
: Job began his association with powerlifting
: in 1994, when he entered Shawn Cain's Hudson
: House Natural Open(ADFPA/USAPL), the
: Nation's longest running "open"
: and drug tested, non-national meet. In 1996
: Hou-Seye became the Wisconsin Powerlifting
: State Chairman for the Amateur Athletic
: Union(AAU), until he became the State
: Chairman for the Natural Athlete Strength
: Association(NASA) in late 2004. Over the
: last 15 years he has conducted, lifted in,
: or officiated at close to 100 powerlifting
: meets.
:
: "The thing that I think sets NASA, the
: USAPL, and the AAU apart from other
: Powerlifting Organizations is their
: dedication to conduct Powerlifting Meets
: that are both Drug Tested, and conform to
: the Original Rules of Powerlifting,"
: Hou-Seye said. "I have never held a
: Referee's Card in the USAPL, but all 3
: Federations have a Standardized Referee's
: Exam you must pass to become a National
: Referee."
:
: Job thinks that the almost 20 other
: powerlifting federations that exist today do
: a poor job of producing legitimate contests.
: "One of the things that is most
: upseting," Hou-Seye said, "is that
: a novice Lifter goes to one of those Meets
: thinking that their lifting passes the
: muster, and then they get mostly red lights
: when they later enter a Legitimate Meet.
: Often, the Lifter is so confused and upset,
: that they then leave the Sport."
:
: Hou-Seye indicates that a PFSA would have
: codified ethics and rules pertaining to
: powerlifting, and that a Powerlifting
: Federation would not be allowed to join, and
: use the PFSA Seal of approval for their
: events, before the PFSA is satisfied that
: their meets will provide the lifter-consumer
: with the "real deal," in terms of
: a competition that is fair and genuine.
:
: "I am embarking on this as a personal
: project," Job said. "This is not
: endorsed by NASA, the USAPL, nor the AAU. I
: intend to first draft the principles that I
: think the PFSA should embrace, and then
: invite officials from NASA, the USAPL, and
: the AAU to a Caucus, at my expense. There
: we will try to arrive at common ground, and
: codify the Standards of Powerlifting that
: all 3 Federations believe are
: important."
:
: Hou-Seye concluded by saying, "This is
: not an attempt to 'unify' the Sport. So,
: people should not be mistaken about that.
: This is not an attempt to arrive at a
: 'Superbowl of Powerlifting.' Although
: something like that might be fun, this is
: not what this is about. This is about
: setting the standard, so that when the
: Lifter-Consumer sees the PFSA Seal, they
: will know they are competing in a genuine
: Meet, and not participating in one of the
: events that is making a laughinstock out of
: Powerlifting."
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