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USA Track & Field
New track-and-field chief aims to end sport's strife
July 7, 2012
Anthony SchoettleNew USA Track and Field CEO Max Siegel is promising to pull athletes, their agents, sponsors, event promoters and the sport’s
television partners together to lift track and field’s tainted image and revenue—especially domestically.
MoreUSA Track & Field names Siegel as new chief exec
April 23, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinLocal sports and entertainment executive Max Siegel will be the new CEO at USA Track & Field starting May 1, the Indianapolis-based
organization said Monday afternoon.
MoreUSA Track & Field repeals controversial rules
March 13, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinUSA Track & Field has repealed restrictions on uniform advertising that angered athletes across the country, but it remains
to be seen whether athletes will take advantage of their renewed freedom.
MoreUSA Track & Field athletes want more freedom to lure sponsors
December 31, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinUSA Track & Field hopes a more coherent TV schedule and a bigger presence at live events will generate interest in the
sport that lasts beyond the summer Olympics. Yet USATF is at odds with some athletes who say they could line up more of their
own sponsors, if it weren’t for the governing body’s rules.
MoreInterim Track & Field CEO to keep title another year
June 29, 2011
Interim CEO Mike McNees, who has led Indianapolis-based USA Track & Field since September, will continue in that capacity
through the 2012 Olympics in London, the organization said on Wednesday.
MoreUSA Track & Field struggling to find new CEO
June 16, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe Indianapolis-based sports group goes "around and around" in its search to replace fired CEO Doug Logan. A new
candidate could be presented to the board next week.
MoreUSA Track & Field hit with wrongful termination suit
October 20, 2010
Associated PressFormer USA Track and Field CEO Doug Logan filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the governing body Wednesday, seeking
payment after suddenly being fired last month following a 26-month tenure.
MoreUSA Track & Field hires search firm to find CEO
October 16, 2010
IBJ StaffA California firm was hired to replace fired former leader.
MoreUSA Track & Field fires CEO
September 13, 2010
Associated PressChief operating officer Mike McNees will assume leadership duties of the Indianapolis-based USA Track & Field while the board
begins its search to replace Doug Logan.
MoreUSA Track & Field CEO doubles budget, pushes reforms
December 19, 2009
Anthony SchoettleDoug Logan is shaking up the sport and hopes to add more events, which could pay off for Indianapolis.
MoreLocal attorney is part of USATF board overhaul
March 2, 2009
Baker & Daniels attorney Max Siegel was recently named to the USA Track & Field board and will play a role in a restructuring
of the sports sanctioning body headquartered in Indianapolis.
MoreTrack, tennis venue at IUPUI eyed for demolition
December 22, 2008
Anthony SchoettleLong-range plans for IUPUI unveiled this month call for the demolition of the Michael A. Carroll Track & Field Stadium and
Indianapolis Tennis Center, raising questions about the future of sporting events held at those venues that have generated
tens of millions of dollars in economic activity for the city.
MoreSports vision ripe for renewal
December 22, 2008
If the city is serious about continuing to use amateur athletics as an economic tool, more collaboration among the university,
city leaders and sports organizations is clearly needed.
MoreGoals for USA Track & Field: Raise money; don't drop the baton
September 1, 2008
Anthony SchoettleDoug Logan, new CEO of locally based USA Track & Field, knows the organization's challenges reach beyond the disappointments of dropped batons at last month's Beijing Olympics. He wants to review the sport from top to bottom, and plans to announce in the next few weeks formation of a task force that will look at everything from team training camps and the time of the Olympic trials, to forming a series of events in the United States culminating in a series championship.
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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