Posted on 06/25/2023 7:31:59 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
If he hasn’t already then soon it will be the story that the opposite fencer shouted the N-word. No one else heard it but the claim will be racism. Otherwise his entire team could file claims that his personal deliberate actions resulted in monetary and reputation harm.
Inconceivable! (I don’t think it means what you think it means!)
I always thought it was for the hoity-toity crowd!
Three words: Black thug culture.
No, fencing is not a gay sport. It is damned hard work/training. I was a highly ranked MAC epee fencer, belonging on two championship teams and placing in the top 6 teams in the 1966 NCAA championship (which would have placed us in the second ranking of All American Championship teams when that designation came about).
Our college team, within three years, produced three All Americans in epee, foil (a two-timer), and sabre (another two timer).
Our All American epee fencer (1965), Lt. Geoff Hamm, Temple Un., was killed in action in Vietnam in 1967. He was an Officer and a Gentleman, a friend and mentor, not a snide prick like you.
We busted our balls, 5 days a week, for months, to become among the best in the country. We were and will always remain “A Band of Brothers”.
PS. I got the fencing MVP trophy in 1966, from Jesse Owens.
He too was a Gentleman!
Perhaps you should learn why we were among the best. It is called hard work, devotion, team-work and love of the sport.
He should try out for NHL hockey where they allow that kind of stuff.
Why are responsible adults getting excited or riled over any sport nowadays? We got nothin’ better to do?
The Olympics. Meh! Who shives a git? They can cancel all of them for all I care.
I always thought fencing was an event where the team that sold the most hub caps won.
“He’s a competitor who lost his temper but heck, it’s not like he attacked anyone or assaulted an umpire.”
International sports are well maintained with rules about the integrity of the sports. The team and McDowald were briefed prior to the competitions to be on the American team even before they began. Many of the competitors compete at world class level and are expected to behave in a manner that represents their team and their sport in a respectful manner.
The expected behavior of the competitors is spelled out in the USA fencing code. Two of those rules are:
Engaging in any activity that contravenes the stricter laws of the United States of America (USA) or the host country in which the activity is taking place.
Any other act, conduct or omission not provided in this code which is detrimental to the image or reputation of USA Fencing, the USA or sport of fencing, or which violates a rule
established by the USOC, FIE, International Olympic Committee (IOC) or other governing body.
The childish thug action accomplished by McDowald was well outside these requirements, ones he knew were in place. He tore up part of the stage and according to the article slapped the offered hand of the competitor.
The US was lucky only the epee team was DQ’d leaving the foil and sabre teams definitely still available for the Olympics without the loss of the points at this tournament.
wy69
Whether it is or not, it seems to be new rule that LGBTQQII2S+ has to be worked into every discussion here.
Blacks. Quick to anger. Slow to reason.
It’s just that, no impulse control.
No one has ever told them no.
Quite an accomplishment; something to be proud of for one's life.
My ex took fencing in college to fulfill her PE requirement, in the early 70s. Like most who are ignorant of the sport, I thought it an odd choice at first, especially since I grew up in Japan and prized kendo over European fencing. As I saw the hard work and effort she as a novice put into her fencing practice, I changed my thinking and admitted there was a lot to be gained by it. (Unfortunately she gave it up after college, and then she gave me up, but that's a separate issue.)
What an @ss.
Apparently, he needed a little more smacking.
Sounds like ‘Roid rage with a splash of coke bravado.
At least he didn’t go “Indiana Jones” on his opponent.
Don’t expect much from negroes and you’ll never be disappointed.
But Dubya, who introduced that phrase, had a syllable limit. “Subtle” would have been one syllable over the line.
/sarc
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