RE: I would never enter a contest because......
I think I need to step in here. There are some personal jabs going back and forth here, and this is totally unacceptable. This is the sport flying thread and it's really not the proper place to discuss the aspects of competition. One of the defining aspects of Sport Flying is that it's NOT competition. I let the thread stay when it was first posted here because I was interested to see where it went, but when people start to insult those that don't enter competition then it's crossed the lines and I need to deal with it. I could clean up the thread and remove the posts in question, but it's my opinion that would slice up the thread too much. So rather than that I'm simply going to lock the thread and close it out. I feel that this subject has ran it's course within the guidelines of this forum.
Ken