Comments on: Flyball vs. Flyball

By: Jackie Gillies

Jackie Gillies — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:22:40 +0000

Well, I know in the case of Wags in San Diego, it was brought up, and NAFA declined to donate anything back. I can’t speak for St. Judes, but believe that they did approach that issue, since I have spoken to the host team.

Not sure about Perry…but maybe, and I am speaking off the top of my head, they(host team) thought they would get more of a turn out if it wasn’t a regional tourney? There had to have been something appealing to them to change the organization..have you ever point blank asked them? instead of speculating?

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:09:32 +0000

Why didn’t NAFA volunteer before it was changed? Or does it take this change to get NAFA to change? Or since it was the ED’s team that had been hosting it why didn’t they volunteer something previously?

I don’t know about the Perry tournament. You would have to ask the team that did this why it was changed. Can’t say as I agree if a tournament is already sanctioned that it should be pulled from one organization and sanctioned with another. But if it isn’t sanctioned I don’t see any problems with changing.

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:52:54 +0000

I’m not so sure that everyone knows the complete story but the parties involved. The question I have, was this information ever brought to NAFA’s attention? I just seems a little strange to me that after being hosted as a NAFA event for the last 7 or 8 years that they would not want to offer the same kind of deal. Unless NAFA just likes losing excellent exposure as large dog events.

I can’t talk to the suspension of the team since I don’t know the team in question.

As far as tournaments being sanctioned ahead of time, how do you explain Perry GA last year? This event was sanctioned as a NAFA event and a couple months before the tournament it was switched to U-FLI. Perry is another large event with agility, obedience, and other dog related events.

By: Jackie Gillies

Jackie Gillies — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:55:35 +0000

And in this case, the teams that were complaining about the organization change have already sacntioned a tourney to directly compete with it. NICE! Nothing like taking money potentially earned from sick children cause your got your panties in a bunch over the org. change!

Goes to show, if you are playing just to have fun, support a great cause, you would NOT care at all.

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:21:12 +0000

Well I guess that maybe all the facts should be looked at as to why tournaments are changing. In the case of St. Judes it is because they were not going to have a flyball tournament this year because it was costing them (St. Judes) to much to hold flyball. It took up prime space that could be used for vendor space which gets paid (which flyball didn’t pay for their space). Also in the past I understand that teams got paid by St. Judes to put on the tournament. So when another organization stepped up and said they would donate a portion of the fees and also do other fund raising activities (such as memory flags) why wouldn’t St. Judes want the tournament to be sanctioned with them. They are also moving the rings into another area so that they can use the prime spot for vendors.

I think we need to look below the surface before we start pointing fingers and saying you shouldn’t. A team on suspension is not allowed to host tournaments. So why wouldn’t they change their tournaments to the other organization?

Competition is good in all aspects. As long as things are sanctioned ahead of time it shouldn’t be a problem for anyone. Changes are good at times.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:11:58 +0000

So basically what you are saying is choice is good, unless it affects the tournaments? Why can’t a team, that is hosting a tounament chose what organization they want to hold the tourney under? It is a choice that the team that is doing the hosting has, not the participants. If you don’t want to play, don’t go, plain and simple. If it does not matter to you, and you just want to play flyball, well, your not really going to have an issue, are you? Your posting is contridictory.