{"id":7510,"date":"2014-10-16T18:57:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T18:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2014\/10\/column-475-wake-up-steel-tip-players-demand-an-end-to-the-bullshit\/"},"modified":"2014-10-16T18:57:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T18:57:25","slug":"column-475-wake-up-steel-tip-players-demand-an-end-to-the-bullshit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2014\/10\/column-475-wake-up-steel-tip-players-demand-an-end-to-the-bullshit\/","title":{"rendered":"Column #475 Wake up steel-tip players! DEMAND an END to the BULLSHIT!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, October 16,\u00a02014<\/span><\/span>
\nColumn 475
\nWake up steel-tip players!\u00a0 DEMAND an END to the\u00a0BULLSHIT!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday morning at the ADO (aka DOA) website the newly “elected” officers (Steve Brown and Carolyn Camp, who ran unopposed, and Joe Hogan, who “defeated” three others – Tom Sawyer, Ron Peppers and Sue Russano) were publically announced…<\/p>\n

This choice tag line was included: “Thank you to everyone who participated in the election process.”<\/p>\n

Right.\u00a0 There aren’t but a dozen people on the planet<\/em> who, according to the ADO by-laws, are allowed<\/em> to participate.<\/p>\n

Sorry – but it is inconceivable<\/strong>, if this was run honestly, that Joe Hogan was elected.<\/p>\n

It is inconceivable<\/strong> that financials have not been presented for more than a decade.<\/p>\n

It is inconceivable<\/strong> that minutes from any meeting (except the most recent) have not been made public with a record of how each board member voted.<\/p>\n

It is inconceivable<\/strong> that the west coast office is still in operation.<\/p>\n

And it is BEYOND COMPREHENSION why ANY league would continue to pay dues or why ANY but the very best handful of players would attend an ADO event<\/span>.\u00a0 Frankly, the best players should take a stand too<\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In might be argued that the ADO’s gross failures have helped fuel the growth of soft tip and steel tip start-ups like the NADPA and new CDC.\u00a0 So in a convoluted way perhaps\u00a0the ADO has been good for darts.<\/p>\n

All the best to David Hascup and Steve Brown (good guys in my opinion) but I personally\u00a0find the “election” of Joe Hogan to be\u00a0laughable.\u00a0 If congratulations are in order they are due only to Laurette Meddis.<\/p>\n

There used to be a classified advertisement in the back of Popular Mechanics<\/em> magazine.\u00a0 It read: “Send $1.00 and a self addressed stamped envelope” and gave an address.<\/p>\n

It promised nothing.\u00a0 Provided nothing.<\/p>\n

It ran for years.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

Because someone<\/em> was making more money than it cost to run the advertisement.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This used to be a little case study discussed in direct marketing seminars.<\/p>\n

There’s a point here – say what you want about the ADO but it is the players and leagues supporting the ADO that are letting themselves down, tolerating the scam.<\/p>\n

That’s their prerogative.<\/p>\n

It is time for ALL steel to players to wake up and DEMAND and END to the BULLSHIT!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the Field,<\/p>\n

Dartoid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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