On 2/27/2012 8:16 AM, T8 wrote:
On Feb 27, 10:00 am, wrote:
On Feb 27, 4:45 am, wrote:

On Feb 26, 11:17 pm, wrote:

I have to wonder at what point if folks (like me)....when looking at
the confusing compliance and scoring issues (to say nothing of
leaving smartphones behind or disabling equipment) associated with
contest flying...just decide "to heck with trying to figure it all
out, plus the expenses/hassles of a road trip, etc...I'll just submit
it to OLC and be done with it.".

I know that's the thought process I'm going through with all this. My
day job has compliance issues enough for me...I'm not wanting to
voluntarily bring that same type of pressure into something I'm
ostensibly doing to enjoy on my time off.

RAS

OLC isn't racing.

T8

The number of participants in the OLC, and the number of participants in
sanctioned racing events tells me OLC has more appeal.

Brad

Difference between house cats and tigers. Saying "house cats have more
appeal" may be demonstrably true. That doesn't make them equivalent to
tigers.

Racing is two orders of magnitude more intense than OLC. If OLC scratches
your itch, good for you. It doesn't even come close to scratching mine.

T8

I don't have a horse in this race - have never participated in racing or OLC
and have no desire to do either going ahead - but this particular threadlet
touches upon a critical element, i.e. desire. In America, we all get to
(pretty much) do as we please and are motivated to do. That said, at some
point(s) in every activity, the 'entry hassle' (which is to say hoops one has
to jump through in order to participate) DOES get factored into every
individual's equations, and in that sense (assuming organizers of a given
activity worry about declining participation, as evidently U.S. glider racing
folks are), the placement of (advertent or inadvertent) barriers is arguably
not a desirable thing.

Though the above is (I'd hope!) a "Duh!" observation, it's not entirely clear
to me everyone who DOES have a horse in this race gives this reality
sufficient due.

In any case, the discussion continues interesting 'from the grandstand'...!

Bob W.