Will you sanction a tournament in 2022?

[LeonL]

Please comment as to why not, if the answer is no, ie., potential lack of judges.

[The_MS]

Not sure yet. We need Sr judges and I just lost my rating due to requirements of the new mandate

[Jody_Seal]

From the President Of the Worlds capital waterski State!

 

> Hello All,

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> I believe everyone is probably aware of the new requirement for all adult members to have current SafeSport certification. However, I also meant to bring up during the Fed meeting that it has been brought to my attention that USA-WSWS is adding more to do requirements for the LOC’s and Chief Judges. It does not seem these requirements have been widely publicized to the USA-WSWS membership so this is my “personal” take as to the additional steps necessary before submitting your sanction applications:

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> Prior to sanctioning, LOC’s must submit a completed Sanctioning Event Agreement (and accept responsibility for its accuracy and completeness), submit a completed MAAPP (Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policies) Agreement, pre-authorize Athletes, Volunteer, Media, Vendors, Medical Personnel, Coaches and Reps, Officials, and conduct and complete the Risk Assessment.

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> Then during the event, the LOC’s and Chief Judge are both responsible for insuring that all MAAPP requirements are explained to everyone that requires knowledge of the documents and confirm that they understand those requirements. The LOC’s and Chief Judge must monitor, enforce, and accept full responsibility of the MAAPP’s. Furthermore, USA-WSWS and/or the USOC may randomly appear and drug test any event. The LOC and Chief Judge must also verify all SafeSport certifications, Background Checks and Motor Vehicle Requirements are valid and have not expired.

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> At the conclusion of the event, all documents must be kept for 7 years so that USA-WSWS and/or USOC may audit any documents for compliance. Additionally, LOC’s need to know that USA-WSWS insurance will not cover transmittable disease or sexual misconduct and that each LOC must defend and hold harmless USA-WSWS. Upon my review, and my personal opinion, it appears there has been a shift of liability for a USA-WSWS sanctioned event to each respective LOC?

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> I am not a tournament host, but I am curious to everyone’s thoughts on these new mandates/procedures. The Southern Region Board is meeting January 8, and then AWSA and USA-WSWS are meeting January 29-30. I recommend each LOC does its own independent research on these issues, seeks legal advice, and then provides any comments, if any, to the group so that your comments/concerns may be voiced by your Florida Council at the upcoming meetings.

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Nevertheless, this is not a legal opinion. I look forward to everyone’s comments and thoughts.

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> Thank you,

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> Kyle Tate, FWSF President: flwaterskifed@gmail.com

 

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> Cc: Bob Harris, EVP

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> CC: Lyman Hardy, AWSA President

 

 

Here is where you can voice your concerns about this important Issue.

Time to bypass and go directly to the source:

 

Cut2Rmp@gmail.com Mr. Bob Archambeu : AWSA Rep to USAWS

Nboudreaux@usawaterski.org Mr. Nate Boudreaux Executive Director USAWS

 

 

 

[The_MS]

We are probably going to wait until we can get this info to our HOA board for a discussion.

[JackQ]

There needs to be a third option on the poll (Maybe). I am suggest that our site limits skier to 18 and over to escape the draconian measures. If that doesn’t work then there will be 5 less tournaments next year.

[skiinxs]

I haven't sanctioned a tournament at Lake of Dreams in a couple years due to Covid, but had planned to start up again in 2022. My current plans now are to wait another year to see how all of this shakes out.

[The_MS]

Holding off on paying the Club membership dues until our HOA is OK with the requirements. No sense in having a club if not hosting

[Horton]

@The_MS I thought you quit

[ski6jones]

@JackQ I wonder if you could limit to no unaccompanied minors? So minors only if they are continuously accompanied/supervised by a parent or legal guardian.

[Bruce_Butterfield]

@JackQ one of many problems is the SS LOC requirements are the same regardless of the age of participants, so limiting to over 18 has no effect.

[ski6jones]

@skidawg nailed it. The implementation was lazy. Not the best solution but the easiest to implement for USAWS.

[JackQ]

@Bruce_Butterfield With that being the case, we are out of the tournament business . Our Lake Owner will not, nor should they, accept the liability for a violation of the new mandates.

[lpskier]

@JackQ Just get an event insurance policy, or insure your lake through Sportsinsurance.com instead of relying on USAWSWS provided insurance through the sanction.

[rwskier]

This is a tough one for sure. We held 2 tournaments this last year after not having any at our site for over 10 years. We were excited to have more this coming year but our HOA is gong to have a hard time with taking on this liability. Also, we now would need to purchase additional insurance over the sanctioning fees that we would already be paying? That is BS for sure, maybe the sanction fees need to be reduced then.

 

[Golfguy]

Normally I host 4 tournaments each year at our lake, in light of the new requirements the HOA BOD has determined that we can not place our owner in this level of liability. Therefore I will not be able to continue sanctioning events. This is a very unfortunate for many skiers that have competed and enjoyed the camaraderie that they have become accustom too. To say the least I am very disillusioned with our Governing body and will continue to promote AWSA withdrawing from USA USOC affiliation. I volunteer to help with this effort.

[JackQ]

@lpskier That may be possible. However our Lake owner has been sued once for her husband’s fatal aviation crash and another unwarranted ordeal. It is unlikely but possible that this would be entertained. It took considerable convincing two years ago to get permission to continue hold tournaments after the decision was made to cease, primarily due to liability concerns.

[teammalibu]

 

[ALPJr]

Moved to the stay or go thread…

[The_MS]

We are holding off paying the club dues and paying sanction fees to host until our HOA board discuss the issues at the next meeting in January.

[LeonL]

For consideration based on comment by @ski6jones

[LLUSA]

We will sanction 4-5 tournaments in 2022 including Southern Regionals

[skiep]

Lake 38 has two on the books this 2022 year maybe more. Sorry I can't quit. I don't like it anymore than you guy's but i'm all in for now.

[MI3Eventer]

Just sanctioned our state tournament last week and working on sanctioning a collegiate tournament and AWSA tournament. Still hear of some clubs holding out until more information is available.