USAT is doing away with team trials. No longer will a good fighter have a chance to fight his way on to the U.S. Olympic team. Team members will now be picked by the U.S. Olympic team coaches instead.
Just found this out while I was at the Sr. Nationals in Texas last week. Many top fighters are very upset about this. Also many of the referees are also upset but the issue will not even be brought up at any council meetings until half of the council members agree to discuss the topic. I was told that the President of USAT is pressuring council members not to place this topic on the agenda and is on board with this new no team trials method.
Just thought I would put this out there and see if anyone was aware of this.
Just found this out while I was at the Sr. Nationals in Texas last week. Many top fighters are very upset about this. Also many of the referees are also upset but the issue will not even be brought up at any council meetings until half of the council members agree to discuss the topic. I was told that the President of USAT is pressuring council members not to place this topic on the agenda and is on board with this new no team trials method.
Just thought I would put this out there and see if anyone was aware of this.