Mike, I made the what's the deal comment. Field trials and the field trial community doesn't need this sort of infighting and squabbling. Look up the Spanish flu pandemic of 1917-18. By some estimates, human mortality ran between 30-100 million worldwide. Deaths in the US
Exceeded a million people. Tragic times and we face tragic times now. I'm another old fact who has seen plenty of changes, but I still keep 14 setters and run a trial now and then.
I don't run in the northeast, and don't know the Tracy's, but I do know they pretty much are northeastern field trials. This suspension is just another step toward the decline of trialing in that area. I will encourage Bernie, who seems like a decent enough guy in my dealings with him, to work toward a less drastic measure concerning the Tracy's.

Field trials are having trouble withstanding all the draconian events that seem to be associated with corona. In 1918, field trials kept right on, in the midst of a flu pandemic that killed upwards of 30 million people worldwide. This ain't world peace. In Southern parlance, I'd call it (AF VS TRACY) a little p!$$ match that should be talked out.