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Same Sport, Different Arguments: What Members Are Really Trying to Figure Out About USEF, USHJA & USETA · Two Point Perspective

• 0:00
  Well,
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  hello.
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  Reynolds
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  is
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  on
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  vacation
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  this
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  week,
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  so
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  today
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  it's
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  just
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  me,
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  which
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  may
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  or
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  may
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  not
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  be
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  a
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  good
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  thing
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  because
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  I
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  think
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  somehow
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  I
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  accidentally
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  fell
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  down
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  an
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  equestrian
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  rabbit
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  hole.
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  Here's
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  what
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  happened.
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  It
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  feels
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  like
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  every
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  time
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  I
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  open
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  my
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  computer
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  lately,
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  there's
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  another
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  conversation
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  going
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  on
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  about
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  the
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  future
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  of
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  our
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  sport.
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  Bill
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  Moroney
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  announcing
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  his
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  retirement,
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  the
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  the
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  professional
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  Jumping
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  league,
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  the
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  new
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  USTA
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  and
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  the
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  town
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  halls
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  it's
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  been
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  holding
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  and
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  more
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  recently,
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  people
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  arguing
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  about
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  whether
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  the
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  USCF
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  and
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  the
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  USHJA
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  should
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  even
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  be
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  under
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  the
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  same
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  roof
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  anymore.
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  On
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  top
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  of
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  all
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  of
• 0:45
  that,
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  the
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  ongoing
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  conversations
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  about
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  affordability,
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  technology,
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  horse
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  welfare,
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  judging,
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  transparency.
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  And
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  after
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  a
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  while
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  I
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  start
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  wondering,
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  are
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  these
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  actually
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  separate
• 0:59
  conversations
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  or
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  are
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  they
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  all
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  pointing
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  at
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  one
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  much
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  bigger
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  question?
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  And
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  it's
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  not
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  what's
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  wrong
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  with
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  our
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  sport?
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  Because
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  everybody's
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  already
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  got
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  an
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  answer
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  to
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  that
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  one.
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  So
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  to
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  me,
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  the
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  real
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  question
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  is
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  who
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  gets
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  to
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  decide
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  what
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  we
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  fix
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  and
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  how
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  do
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  we
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  do
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  it?
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  I
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  don't
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  have
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  the
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  answer,
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  but
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  I
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  think
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  it's
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  worth
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  talking
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  about.
• 1:24
  This
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  is
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  two
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  point
• 1:25
  perspect.
• 1:27
  Two
• 1:27
  writers
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  with
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  different
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  viewpoints
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  from
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  different
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  generations
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  talking
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  about
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  the
• 1:31
  same
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  sport.
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  Here's
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  the
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  one
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  reason
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  these
• 1:36
  conversations
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  get
• 1:37
  so
• 1:37
  frustrating.
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  We
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  assume
• 1:40
  everyone's
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  trying
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  to
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  solve
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  the
• 1:41
  same
• 1:42
  problem,
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  but
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  I'm
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  not
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  really
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  sure
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  they
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  are.
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  Let's
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  just
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  take
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  governance.
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  Almost
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  everyone
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  agrees
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  that
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  there's
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  room
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  to
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  improve
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  it,
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  but
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  the
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  second
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  people
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  start
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  talking
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  about
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  how
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  the
• 1:55
  conversation
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  splits
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  into
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  in
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  five
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  different
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  directions,
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  look
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  at
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  the
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  recent
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  debate
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  over
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  whether
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  USCF
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  and
• 2:02
  USHJA
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  should
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  stay
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  together.
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  Some
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  people
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  jump
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  straight
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  to
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  the
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  governance
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  structure,
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  others
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  focused
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  on
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  representation,
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  others
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  on
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  money,
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  others
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  on
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  whether
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  hunters
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  and
• 2:14
  jumpers
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  even
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  have
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  the
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  same
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  needs
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  as
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  the
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  rest
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  of
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  the
• 2:17
  federation.
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  It's
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  really
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  one
• 2:20
  discussion,
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  but
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  but
• 2:22
  it's
• 2:22
  shaped
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  by
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  very
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  different
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  definitions
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  of
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  the
• 2:25
  problem.
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  I
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  actually
• 2:28
  watched
• 2:28
  this
• 2:28
  play
• 2:29
  out
• 2:29
  in
• 2:29
  real
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  time
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  recently.
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  Someone
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  posted
• 2:32
  publicly
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  about
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  applying
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  for
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  a
• 2:34
  leadership
• 2:34
  role
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  within
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  the
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  USHJA
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  and
• 2:37
  then
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  in
• 2:37
  the
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  same
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  breath
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  made
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  the
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  case
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  that
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  the
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  USHJA
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  should
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  split
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  off
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  entirely
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  from
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  the
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  usf,
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  that
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  the
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  federation
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  has
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  leaned
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  too
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  far
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  toward
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  the
• 2:49
  International
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  Olympic
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  pipeline
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  and
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  and
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  away
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  from
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  the
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  national
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  hunter
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  jumper
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  members
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  who
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  show
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  up
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  every
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  weekend
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  and
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  in
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  her
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  view,
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  foot
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  a
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  lot
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  of
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  the
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  bill
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  for
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  it.
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  The
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  comment
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  section
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  is
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  where
• 3:01
  it
• 3:02
  got
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  interesting,
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  because
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  almost
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  no
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  one
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  disagreed
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  that
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  something
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  feels
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  off,
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  they
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  just
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  couldn't
• 3:08
  agree
• 3:08
  on
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  what.
• 3:10
  One
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  person
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  pushed
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  back
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  hard
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  on
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  the
• 3:13
  premise
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  itself.
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  International
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  sport,
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  they
• 3:16
  argued,
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  is
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  largely
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  funded
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  through
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  sponsorship
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  and
• 3:20
  separate
• 3:21
  revenue
• 3:21
  streams,
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  not
• 3:22
  local
• 3:22
  entry
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  fees,
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  and
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  treating
• 3:24
  those
• 3:25
  as
• 3:25
  the
• 3:25
  same
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  pool
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  of
• 3:26
  money
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  is
• 3:27
  its
• 3:28
  own
• 3:28
  kind
• 3:28
  of
• 3:29
  misinformation.
• 3:30
  Someone
• 3:31
  else
• 3:31
  zoomed
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  out
• 3:32
  even
• 3:32
  further
• 3:32
  and
• 3:33
  pointed
• 3:33
  out
• 3:33
  that
• 3:34
  the
• 3:34
  USF
• 3:35
  isn't
• 3:36
  just
• 3:36
  Hunter
• 3:37
  Jumper,
• 3:37
  it's
• 3:38
  dressage
• 3:38
  eventing,
• 3:40
  saddlebreds,
• 3:40
  Arabians,
• 3:41
  and
• 3:42
  a
• 3:42
  couple
• 3:42
  of
• 3:42
  dozen
• 3:42
  other
• 3:43
  breeds
• 3:43
  and
• 3:43
  disciplines
• 3:44
  who've
• 3:45
  been
• 3:45
  asking
• 3:45
  for
• 3:46
  decades
• 3:47
  why
• 3:47
  they're
• 3:48
  funding
• 3:48
  a
• 3:48
  Hunter
• 3:49
  Jumper
• 3:49
  governance
• 3:50
  fight
• 3:50
  that
• 3:51
  has
• 3:51
  nothing
• 3:51
  to
• 3:51
  do
• 3:51
  with
• 3:52
  them.
• 3:53
  Someone
• 3:53
  else
• 3:54
  proposed
• 3:54
  a
• 3:54
  structural
• 3:55
  fix
• 3:55
  instead
• 3:56
  of
• 3:56
  a
• 3:56
  breakup
• 3:57
  split
• 3:57
  by
• 3:58
  level,
• 3:58
  not
• 3:58
  by
• 3:59
  discipline.
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  So
• 4:00
  anything
• 4:01
  under
• 4:01
  a
• 4:02
  certain
• 4:02
  Jumper
• 4:02
  height
• 4:03
  stays
• 4:03
  regional
• 4:04
  and
• 4:04
  USHJA
• 4:05
  run,
• 4:06
  and
• 4:06
  only
• 4:07
  the
• 4:07
  international
• 4:08
  track
• 4:08
  competition
• 4:09
  falls
• 4:10
  under
• 4:10
  use.
• 4:12
  Somebody
• 4:12
  else
• 4:13
  pointed
• 4:13
  out
• 4:13
  that
• 4:14
  shared
• 4:14
  infrastructure
• 4:15
  like
• 4:16
  drug
• 4:16
  testing
• 4:16
  and
• 4:17
  SafeSport
• 4:17
  compliance
• 4:18
  gets
• 4:19
  more
• 4:19
  expensive
• 4:20
  per
• 4:20
  organization
• 4:21
  the
• 4:22
  second
• 4:22
  you
• 4:22
  split
• 4:23
  it
• 4:23
  three
• 4:23
  ways,
• 4:23
  not
• 4:24
  less.
• 4:25
  And
• 4:25
  underneath
• 4:26
  all
• 4:26
  of
• 4:26
  that
• 4:27
  was
• 4:27
  a
• 4:27
  smaller
• 4:28
  argument
• 4:28
  about
• 4:29
  transparency
• 4:30
  itself.
• 4:31
  Whether
• 4:32
  members
• 4:32
  are
• 4:33
  owed
• 4:33
  itemized
• 4:34
  financial
• 4:34
  answers
• 4:35
  in
• 4:35
  a
• 4:35
  comment
• 4:36
  thread,
• 4:36
  or
• 4:36
  whether
• 4:37
  that
• 4:37
  conversation
• 4:38
  is
• 4:39
  supposed
• 4:39
  to
• 4:39
  happen
• 4:39
  in
• 4:40
  board
• 4:40
  meetings
• 4:40
  and
• 4:41
  publish
• 4:41
  reports
• 4:42
  instead.
• 4:44
  Five
• 4:44
  different
• 4:45
  people
• 4:46
  all
• 4:46
  responding
• 4:47
  to
• 4:47
  the
• 4:47
  same
• 4:47
  post,
• 4:48
  and
• 4:48
  I
• 4:49
  don't
• 4:49
  think
• 4:49
  any
• 4:49
  two
• 4:50
  of
• 4:50
  them
• 4:50
  were
• 4:51
  actually
• 4:51
  arguing
• 4:52
  about
• 4:52
  the
• 4:52
  same
• 4:53
  thing.
• 4:54
  One
• 4:54
  was
• 4:54
  arguing
• 4:55
  about
• 4:55
  fairness,
• 4:56
  one
• 4:56
  was
• 4:57
  arguing
• 4:57
  about
• 4:57
  the
• 4:58
  accuracy
• 4:58
  of
• 4:59
  a
• 4:59
  specific
• 4:59
  financial
• 5:00
  claim,
• 5:01
  one
• 5:01
  was
• 5:02
  arguing
• 5:02
  about
• 5:02
  identity,
• 5:03
  who
• 5:04
  this
• 5:04
  organization
• 5:05
  is
• 5:05
  actually
• 5:06
  for,
• 5:07
  one
• 5:07
  was
• 5:08
  arguing
• 5:08
  about
• 5:08
  structure,
• 5:09
  and
• 5:09
  one
• 5:10
  was
• 5:10
  arguing
• 5:11
  about
• 5:11
  process.
• 5:12
  So
• 5:13
  if
• 5:13
  you
• 5:13
  were
• 5:13
  to
• 5:13
  skim
• 5:14
  over
• 5:14
  all
• 5:15
  that,
• 5:15
  it
• 5:15
  looks
• 5:16
  like
• 5:16
  everyone's
• 5:16
  ganging
• 5:17
  up
• 5:17
  on
• 5:18
  one
• 5:18
  idea.
• 5:19
  But.
• 5:19
  But
• 5:19
  if
• 5:19
  you
• 5:20
  actually
• 5:20
  slow
• 5:21
  down
• 5:21
  and
• 5:21
  read
• 5:22
  it,
• 5:23
  it's
• 5:23
  five
• 5:24
  completely
• 5:24
  different
• 5:25
  conversations
• 5:26
  happening
• 5:27
  under
• 5:27
  the
• 5:28
  same
• 5:28
  umbrella.
• 5:29
  Nobody
• 5:30
  in
• 5:30
  that
• 5:30
  thread
• 5:31
  was
• 5:31
  wrong,
• 5:32
  exactly.
• 5:33
  They
• 5:34
  just
• 5:34
  weren't
• 5:34
  disagreeing
• 5:35
  with
• 5:35
  each
• 5:35
  other
• 5:36
  so
• 5:36
  much
• 5:37
  as
• 5:37
  they
• 5:37
  were
• 5:37
  each
• 5:38
  defending
• 5:39
  a
• 5:39
  different
• 5:39
  piece
• 5:40
  of
• 5:40
  a
• 5:41
  very
• 5:41
  large,
• 5:42
  very
• 5:42
  complicated
• 5:43
  system.
• 5:45
  Which
• 5:45
  is
• 5:45
  sort
• 5:46
  of
• 5:46
  the
• 5:46
  whole
• 5:46
  point
• 5:46
  I
• 5:46
  keep
• 5:47
  coming
• 5:47
  back
• 5:47
  to.
• 5:48
  The
• 5:48
  loudest
• 5:49
  disagreements
• 5:50
  in
• 5:50
  this
• 5:50
  sport
• 5:51
  usually
• 5:52
  aren't
• 5:52
  really
• 5:52
  disagreements
• 5:53
  at
• 5:54
  all.
• 5:55
  They're
• 5:55
  a
• 5:55
  room
• 5:55
  full
• 5:56
  of
• 5:56
  people
• 5:56
  answering
• 5:57
  different
• 5:57
  questions
• 5:59
  and
• 5:59
  assuming
• 6:00
  everyone
• 6:00
  else
• 6:00
  heard
• 6:01
  the
• 6:01
  same
• 6:01
  one
• 6:01
  that
• 6:02
  they
• 6:02
  did.
• 6:03
  Here's
• 6:04
  the
• 6:04
  thing
• 6:04
  that
• 6:04
  actually
• 6:05
  stuck
• 6:05
  with
• 6:05
  me
• 6:05
  though.
• 6:07
  100
• 6:07
  plus
• 6:08
  comments.
• 6:08
  A
• 6:09
  lot
• 6:09
  of
• 6:09
  real
• 6:09
  passion
• 6:10
  and
• 6:11
  some
• 6:11
  genuinely
• 6:12
  good
• 6:12
  ideas
• 6:12
  in
• 6:13
  there,
• 6:13
  and
• 6:13
  almost
• 6:14
  nobody
• 6:15
  was
• 6:15
  able
• 6:16
  to
• 6:16
  lay
• 6:16
  out
• 6:16
  an
• 6:17
  actual
• 6:17
  plan.
• 6:19
  Not
• 6:19
  this
• 6:20
  is
• 6:20
  broken,
• 6:21
  which
• 6:21
  plenty
• 6:22
  of
• 6:22
  people
• 6:22
  said
• 6:23
  and
• 6:23
  said
• 6:23
  it
• 6:24
  very
• 6:24
  well,
• 6:25
  but
• 6:25
  an
• 6:26
  actual
• 6:27
  next
• 6:27
  step.
• 6:28
  Who
• 6:28
  calls
• 6:28
  the
• 6:29
  vote?
• 6:29
  Who
• 6:29
  drafts
• 6:30
  the
• 6:30
  language?
• 6:31
  What
• 6:32
  happens
• 6:32
  to
• 6:32
  shared
• 6:33
  services
• 6:33
  like
• 6:34
  drug
• 6:34
  testing
• 6:34
  or
• 6:35
  SafeSport
• 6:35
  if
• 6:36
  you
• 6:36
  were
• 6:36
  to
• 6:36
  split
• 6:37
  things
• 6:37
  apart,
• 6:38
  what
• 6:39
  year
• 6:39
  one
• 6:39
  actually
• 6:40
  looks
• 6:40
  like?
• 6:41
  I
• 6:41
  don't
• 6:42
  say
• 6:42
  that
• 6:42
  as
• 6:43
  a
• 6:43
  knock
• 6:43
  on
• 6:44
  anybody.
• 6:45
  Naming
• 6:46
  what's
• 6:46
  wrong
• 6:46
  is
• 6:47
  genuinely
• 6:48
  useful,
• 6:48
  and
• 6:49
  some
• 6:49
  of
• 6:49
  what
• 6:49
  was
• 6:50
  raised
• 6:50
  deserves
• 6:51
  real
• 6:51
  attention.
• 6:53
  It's
• 6:53
  just
• 6:53
  that
• 6:54
  naming
• 6:55
  a
• 6:55
  problem
• 6:56
  and
• 6:56
  building
• 6:56
  a
• 6:57
  path
• 6:57
  through
• 6:57
  it
• 6:58
  are
• 6:58
  two
• 6:58
  different
• 6:59
  skills,
• 7:00
  and
• 7:00
  I
• 7:00
  noticed
• 7:01
  how
• 7:01
  rarely
• 7:02
  the
• 7:02
  second
• 7:03
  one
• 7:03
  showed
• 7:04
  up,
• 7:05
  and
• 7:05
  honestly,
• 7:06
  I
• 7:07
  know
• 7:07
  I
• 7:08
  don't
• 7:08
  have
• 7:08
  that
• 7:08
  fix
• 7:09
  either.
• 7:10
  There's
• 7:11
  a
• 7:11
  piece
• 7:11
  of
• 7:11
  this
• 7:11
  the
• 7:12
  actual
• 7:12
  mechanics
• 7:13
  of
• 7:13
  how
• 7:14
  a
• 7:14
  good
• 7:14
  idea
• 7:15
  moves
• 7:15
  from
• 7:15
  a
• 7:16
  member's
• 7:16
  mouth
• 7:17
  to
• 7:17
  an
• 7:17
  actual
• 7:18
  vote
• 7:18
  that
• 7:19
  I
• 7:19
  actually
• 7:19
  spent
• 7:20
  a
• 7:20
  whole
• 7:20
  episode
• 7:21
  untangling
• 7:21
  recently
• 7:23
  walking
• 7:23
  through
• 7:23
  the
• 7:24
  town
• 7:24
  hall
• 7:25
  and
• 7:25
  what
• 7:25
  people
• 7:25
  like
• 7:26
  Chris
• 7:26
  Wynn
• 7:27
  have
• 7:27
  said
• 7:27
  about
• 7:28
  leverage
• 7:28
  and
• 7:29
  about
• 7:29
  needing
• 7:30
  the
• 7:30
  numbers
• 7:30
  up
• 7:31
  before
• 7:32
  anything
• 7:33
  actually
• 7:33
  changes.
• 7:34
  If
• 7:34
  you
• 7:35
  haven't
• 7:35
  heard
• 7:35
  that
• 7:36
  one,
• 7:36
  it's
• 7:37
  worth
• 7:37
  a
• 7:37
  listen,
• 7:38
  because
• 7:38
  it
• 7:38
  gets
• 7:39
  into
• 7:39
  the
• 7:39
  board
• 7:40
  seats,
• 7:40
  the
• 7:40
  nominating
• 7:41
  process,
• 7:42
  and
• 7:42
  how
• 7:42
  many
• 7:43
  steps
• 7:44
  sit
• 7:44
  between
• 7:45
  an
• 7:45
  idea
• 7:45
  and
• 7:46
  a
• 7:46
  decision.
• 7:47
  The
• 7:48
  short
• 7:48
  version,
• 7:49
  even
• 7:49
  a
• 7:50
  genuinely
• 7:50
  good
• 7:51
  idea
• 7:52
  can
• 7:52
  run
• 7:52
  into
• 7:53
  a
• 7:53
  structure
• 7:54
  that
• 7:54
  isn't
• 7:54
  built
• 7:55
  to
• 7:55
  give
• 7:55
  members
• 7:56
  a
• 7:56
  direct
• 7:57
  vote
• 7:57
  on
• 7:57
  much
• 7:58
  of
• 7:58
  anything,
• 7:59
  and
• 7:59
  I
• 7:59
  don't
• 7:59
  think
• 8:00
  that
• 8:00
  that
• 8:00
  piece
• 8:00
  gets
• 8:01
  nearly
• 8:02
  enough
• 8:02
  attention
• 8:03
  next
• 8:04
  to
• 8:04
  the
• 8:04
  louder
• 8:04
  debate
• 8:05
  over
• 8:06
  what
• 8:06
  should
• 8:07
  actually
• 8:07
  change.
• 8:09
  Affordability
• 8:10
  kind
• 8:10
  of
• 8:10
  works
• 8:11
  the
• 8:11
  same
• 8:11
  way.
• 8:12
  Almost
• 8:13
  everyone
• 8:13
  agrees
• 8:14
  that
• 8:14
  the
• 8:14
  sport
• 8:14
  has
• 8:15
  gotten
• 8:15
  more
• 8:15
  expensive,
• 8:17
  and
• 8:17
  that's
• 8:18
  where
• 8:18
  the
• 8:18
  agreement
• 8:19
  ends.
• 8:20
  And
• 8:21
  this
• 8:21
  isn't
• 8:22
  a
• 8:22
  feeling.
• 8:23
  The
• 8:23
  numbers
• 8:23
  back
• 8:24
  it
• 8:24
  up.
• 8:25
  USF's
• 8:26
  own
• 8:26
  fee
• 8:26
  schedule
• 8:27
  tells
• 8:27
  the
• 8:28
  story.
• 8:29
  The
• 8:29
  competing
• 8:30
  membership
• 8:31
  has
• 8:31
  gone
• 8:31
  from
• 8:32
  $80
• 8:33
  to
• 8:33
  100.
• 8:34
  The
• 8:34
  show
• 8:34
  pass
• 8:35
  more
• 8:35
  than
• 8:35
  doubled
• 8:36
  from
• 8:36
  45
• 8:37
  to
• 8:37
  $85.
• 8:39
  Lifetime
• 8:40
  horse
• 8:41
  recording
• 8:42
  jumped
• 8:42
  from
• 8:43
  $300
• 8:44
  to
• 8:44
  500.
• 8:45
  Which
• 8:45
  is
• 8:46
  maybe
• 8:46
  why
• 8:47
  the
• 8:47
  horse
• 8:47
  I
• 8:47
  just
• 8:48
  bought
• 8:48
  wasn't
• 8:49
  lifetime
• 8:49
  recorded,
• 8:50
  just
• 8:50
  yearly
• 8:51
  recorded
• 8:52
  for
• 8:52
  showing.
• 8:53
  So
• 8:54
  I
• 8:54
  had
• 8:54
  the
• 8:55
  good
• 8:55
  fortune
• 8:56
  $500
• 8:57
  for
• 8:57
  her
• 8:57
  lifetime
• 8:58
  recording.
• 8:59
  USCF
• 9:00
  was
• 9:01
  upfront
• 9:02
  that
• 9:02
  it
• 9:03
  hasn't
• 9:03
  touched
• 9:04
  the
• 9:04
  base
• 9:04
  membership
• 9:05
  fees
• 9:05
  in
• 9:06
  over
• 9:06
  eight
• 9:06
  years,
• 9:07
  which
• 9:07
  explains
• 9:08
  why
• 9:08
  all
• 9:09
  of
• 9:09
  this
• 9:09
  landed
• 9:10
  at
• 9:10
  once
• 9:11
  instead
• 9:11
  of
• 9:11
  small
• 9:12
  increases
• 9:12
  that
• 9:13
  maybe
• 9:13
  nobody
• 9:14
  would
• 9:14
  have
• 9:14
  felt
• 9:15
  so
• 9:15
  much.
• 9:17
  Here's
• 9:17
  what
• 9:17
  it
• 9:18
  looks
• 9:18
  like
• 9:18
  on
• 9:18
  the
• 9:18
  ground
• 9:19
  though.
• 9:19
  There's
• 9:20
  a
• 9:20
  breakdown
• 9:20
  that
• 9:21
  made
• 9:21
  the
• 9:21
  rounds
• 9:22
  recently.
• 9:22
  Walking
• 9:23
  through
• 9:23
  what
• 9:24
  it
• 9:24
  actually
• 9:25
  costs
• 9:25
  a
• 9:25
  brand
• 9:26
  new
• 9:26
  adult
• 9:26
  amateur
• 9:27
  to
• 9:28
  from
• 9:28
  buying
• 9:28
  her
• 9:29
  first
• 9:29
  horse
• 9:30
  to
• 9:30
  walking
• 9:30
  into
• 9:31
  her
• 9:31
  first
• 9:31
  rated
• 9:32
  show
• 9:32
  before
• 9:33
  a
• 9:33
  single
• 9:34
  stall,
• 9:34
  hotel
• 9:35
  room,
• 9:36
  coaching
• 9:36
  fee
• 9:37
  or
• 9:37
  anything
• 9:38
  else.
• 9:39
  USCF
• 9:40
  Competing
• 9:40
  Membership
• 9:41
  Ushja
• 9:42
  Competing
• 9:43
  Membership
• 9:44
  Horse
• 9:45
  Recording
• 9:45
  with
• 9:45
  USF
• 9:47
  Horse
• 9:47
  recording
• 9:48
  with
• 9:48
  Ushja
• 9:50
  if
• 9:50
  the
• 9:50
  horse
• 9:51
  changed
• 9:51
  hands
• 9:52
  recently,
• 9:53
  add
• 9:54
  transfer
• 9:54
  and
• 9:55
  name
• 9:55
  change
• 9:55
  fees
• 9:56
  on
• 9:56
  top
• 9:56
  of
• 9:57
  that.
• 9:58
  By
• 9:58
  the
• 9:58
  time
• 9:58
  she's
• 9:59
  done,
• 10:00
  she's
• 10:00
  spent
• 10:01
  somewhere
• 10:01
  in
• 10:01
  the
• 10:01
  neighborhood
• 10:02
  of
• 10:02
  $660
• 10:04
  just
• 10:05
  on
• 10:05
  the
• 10:05
  paperwork
• 10:06
  and
• 10:06
  she
• 10:07
  hasn't
• 10:07
  even
• 10:07
  left
• 10:07
  the
• 10:07
  driveway
• 10:08
  yet.
• 10:09
  Then
• 10:10
  you
• 10:10
  get
• 10:10
  to
• 10:10
  the
• 10:10
  show
• 10:10
  itself
• 10:11
  and
• 10:12
  it's
• 10:12
  $23
• 10:13
  a
• 10:14
  horse
• 10:14
  to
• 10:14
  Yousef,
• 10:15
  $10
• 10:16
  a
• 10:16
  horse
• 10:16
  to
• 10:16
  Usha.
• 10:18
  Just
• 10:18
  flat.
• 10:19
  Every
• 10:19
  single
• 10:20
  horse
• 10:20
  show
• 10:21
  on
• 10:21
  top
• 10:21
  of
• 10:21
  whatever
• 10:22
  the
• 10:22
  show
• 10:22
  itself
• 10:23
  charges
• 10:23
  for
• 10:24
  stabling,
• 10:24
  office
• 10:25
  fees,
• 10:25
  drug
• 10:26
  testing
• 10:26
  and
• 10:27
  and
• 10:27
  everything
• 10:27
  else.
• 10:28
  And
• 10:29
  those
• 10:29
  show
• 10:29
  level
• 10:30
  costs
• 10:30
  aren't
• 10:30
  padding
• 10:31
  somebody's
• 10:32
  pocket
• 10:32
  the
• 10:33
  way
• 10:33
  people
• 10:33
  sometimes
• 10:34
  assume
• 10:35
  organizers
• 10:36
  running
• 10:36
  these
• 10:37
  shows
• 10:37
  have
• 10:37
  shown
• 10:38
  their
• 10:38
  budgets
• 10:39
  and
• 10:39
  entry
• 10:40
  fees
• 10:40
  routinely
• 10:41
  don't
• 10:41
  even
• 10:41
  cover
• 10:42
  the
• 10:42
  prize
• 10:42
  money
• 10:43
  that's
• 10:43
  being
• 10:44
  offered,
• 10:44
  let
• 10:44
  alone
• 10:45
  the
• 10:45
  actual
• 10:46
  cost
• 10:46
  of
• 10:47
  running
• 10:47
  the
• 10:47
  show.
• 10:48
  Facility
• 10:49
  rental
• 10:50
  can
• 10:50
  eat
• 10:51
  40
• 10:51
  to
• 10:51
  50%
• 10:52
  of
• 10:52
  the
• 10:53
  show's
• 10:53
  budget
• 10:54
  before
• 10:54
  a
• 10:54
  single
• 10:55
  ribbon
• 10:56
  ever
• 10:56
  gets
• 10:56
  handed
• 10:57
  out.
• 10:57
  So
• 10:58
  when
• 10:58
  people
• 10:58
  say
• 10:59
  the
• 10:59
  sport
• 11:00
  is
• 11:00
  pricing
• 11:01
  families
• 11:01
  out,
• 11:02
  that's
• 11:03
  not
• 11:03
  just
• 11:03
  a
• 11:03
  vibe.
• 11:04
  It's
• 11:04
  happening
• 11:05
  in
• 11:05
  real
• 11:06
  numbers
• 11:06
  on
• 11:07
  both
• 11:07
  sides.
• 11:08
  Federation
• 11:09
  fees
• 11:10
  rising
• 11:10
  all
• 11:11
  at
• 11:11
  once
• 11:11
  after
• 11:11
  years
• 11:12
  of
• 11:12
  holding
• 11:12
  steady
• 11:13
  and
• 11:14
  the
• 11:14
  shows
• 11:14
  themselves
• 11:15
  running
• 11:16
  tighter
• 11:16
  margins
• 11:17
  than
• 11:17
  most
• 11:18
  exhibitors
• 11:18
  probably
• 11:19
  assume.
• 11:20
  And
• 11:21
  once
• 11:21
  you're
• 11:21
  in,
• 11:22
  staying
• 11:23
  competitive
• 11:24
  gets
• 11:24
  its
• 11:24
  own
• 11:24
  price
• 11:25
  tag.
• 11:26
  One
• 11:26
  hunter
• 11:27
  that
• 11:27
  was
• 11:28
  near
• 11:28
  the
• 11:28
  top
• 11:28
  of
• 11:29
  the
• 11:29
  year
• 11:29
  end
• 11:29
  standings
• 11:30
  recently
• 11:31
  had
• 11:31
  been
• 11:31
  to
• 11:32
  something
• 11:32
  like
• 11:33
  28
• 11:34
  shows
• 11:34
  in
• 11:35
  a
• 11:35
  single
• 11:35
  season.
• 11:36
  The
• 11:37
  average
• 11:37
  for
• 11:37
  a
• 11:37
  top
• 11:38
  junior
• 11:39
  trying
• 11:39
  to
• 11:39
  catch
• 11:39
  a
• 11:40
  college
• 11:40
  recruiter's
• 11:41
  eye
• 11:41
  was
• 11:42
  north
• 11:42
  of
• 11:42
  20
• 11:43
  shows
• 11:43
  a
• 11:44
  year.
• 11:45
  That's
• 11:46
  not
• 11:46
  just
• 11:46
  a
• 11:46
  hobby
• 11:47
  budget
• 11:47
  anymore.
• 11:48
  That's
• 11:49
  closer
• 11:49
  to
• 11:49
  a
• 11:50
  small
• 11:50
  business.
• 11:51
  It's
• 11:51
  funny,
• 11:52
  when
• 11:52
  Reynolds
• 11:52
  and
• 11:53
  I
• 11:53
  did
• 11:53
  our
• 11:53
  episode
• 11:54
  on
• 11:54
  destination
• 11:55
  horse
• 11:55
  shows,
• 11:56
  I
• 11:57
  thought
• 11:57
  we
• 11:57
  were
• 11:57
  talking
• 11:58
  about
• 11:58
  WEC
• 11:58
  and
• 11:59
  venues
• 11:59
  like
• 11:59
  it.
• 12:00
  Looking
• 12:01
  back,
• 12:01
  I
• 12:02
  don't
• 12:02
  think
• 12:02
  we
• 12:03
  were.
• 12:03
  I
• 12:04
  think
• 12:04
  we
• 12:04
  were
• 12:04
  really
• 12:05
  talking
• 12:05
  about
• 12:06
  what
• 12:06
  people
• 12:07
  want
• 12:07
  and
• 12:08
  what
• 12:08
  people
• 12:09
  expect
• 12:09
  out
• 12:09
  of
• 12:09
  a
• 12:10
  horse
• 12:10
  show
• 12:10
  in
• 12:10
  the
• 12:10
  first
• 12:11
  place.
• 12:12
  Some
• 12:12
  people
• 12:13
  value
• 12:13
  convenience.
• 12:15
  Some
• 12:15
  people
• 12:15
  value
• 12:16
  tradition.
• 12:17
  Some
• 12:18
  love
• 12:18
  the
• 12:19
  experience
• 12:19
  a
• 12:19
  destination
• 12:20
  venue
• 12:21
  delivers.
• 12:22
  Others
• 12:23
  worry
• 12:23
  about
• 12:24
  what
• 12:24
  popularity
• 12:25
  does
• 12:25
  to
• 12:25
  local
• 12:26
  shows
• 12:26
  down
• 12:26
  the
• 12:27
  road.
• 12:28
  The
• 12:28
  venues
• 12:28
  themselves
• 12:29
  weren't
• 12:29
  really
• 12:30
  even
• 12:30
  the
• 12:30
  point.
• 12:31
  They
• 12:31
  were
• 12:31
  just
• 12:32
  the
• 12:32
  thing
• 12:32
  that
• 12:32
  made
• 12:33
  everyone's
• 12:34
  different
• 12:34
  priorities
• 12:35
  visible
• 12:36
  at
• 12:36
  once.
• 12:37
  In
• 12:37
  hindsight,
• 12:39
  we
• 12:39
  were
• 12:39
  talking
• 12:39
  about
• 12:40
  what
• 12:40
  those
• 12:40
  venues
• 12:41
  say
• 12:42
  about
• 12:42
  where
• 12:43
  our
• 12:43
  sport
• 12:43
  is
• 12:44
  right
• 12:44
  now.
• 12:45
  If
• 12:46
  you
• 12:46
  grew
• 12:46
  up
• 12:46
  showing
• 12:47
  30
• 12:48
  or
• 12:48
  40
• 12:48
  years
• 12:49
  ago,
• 12:49
  maybe
• 12:49
  like
• 12:50
  I
• 12:50
  did,
• 12:51
  your
• 12:51
  picture
• 12:52
  of
• 12:52
  a
• 12:52
  horse
• 12:53
  show
• 12:53
  looks
• 12:53
  nothing
• 12:54
  like
• 12:54
  the
• 12:55
  picture
• 12:55
  someone
• 12:55
  starting
• 12:56
  out
• 12:56
  today
• 12:57
  has
• 12:57
  in
• 12:58
  their
• 12:58
  head.
• 12:59
  Expectations
• 13:00
  change.
• 13:01
  Businesses
• 13:02
  adapt.
• 13:02
  Facilities
• 13:03
  evolve.
• 13:05
  None
• 13:05
  of
• 13:05
  that
• 13:05
  automatically
• 13:06
  makes
• 13:07
  the
• 13:07
  changes
• 13:07
  good,
• 13:08
  and
• 13:08
  none
• 13:09
  of
• 13:09
  it
• 13:09
  automatically
• 13:10
  makes
• 13:10
  them
• 13:10
  bad
• 13:11
  either.
• 13:11
  It
• 13:11
  just
• 13:12
  means
• 13:12
  that
• 13:12
  the
• 13:13
  sport
• 13:13
  isn't
• 13:14
  standing
• 13:14
  still.
• 13:15
  I
• 13:16
  found
• 13:16
  myself
• 13:17
  wondering,
• 13:18
  if
• 13:18
  destination
• 13:19
  venues
• 13:19
  didn't
• 13:20
  exist,
• 13:21
  what
• 13:22
  would
• 13:22
  have
• 13:22
  filled
• 13:23
  the
• 13:23
  space?
• 13:24
  Would
• 13:24
  we
• 13:24
  have
• 13:25
  the
• 13:25
  same
• 13:25
  number
• 13:25
  of
• 13:26
  competitors?
• 13:27
  Would
• 13:27
  we
• 13:27
  have
• 13:28
  fewer?
• 13:29
  Would
• 13:29
  people
• 13:29
  have
• 13:29
  found
• 13:30
  some
• 13:30
  other
• 13:30
  way
• 13:30
  to
• 13:31
  compete?
• 13:31
  Honestly,
• 13:32
  I
• 13:32
  don't
• 13:33
  know.
• 13:33
  But
• 13:34
  I
• 13:34
  know
• 13:34
  those
• 13:34
  aren't
• 13:35
  simple
• 13:35
  questions.
• 13:37
  Here's
• 13:37
  why
• 13:37
  I
• 13:38
  keep
• 13:38
  dwelling
• 13:38
  on
• 13:39
  that.
• 13:40
  Somewhere
• 13:40
  in
• 13:41
  the
• 13:41
  middle
• 13:41
  of
• 13:41
  all
• 13:42
  this
• 13:42
  town
• 13:42
  halls,
• 13:43
  the
• 13:43
  fee
• 13:43
  schedules,
• 13:44
  the
• 13:44
  comment
• 13:45
  sections,
• 13:46
  I
• 13:46
  realized
• 13:47
  I'd
• 13:48
  already
• 13:48
  lived
• 13:49
  through
• 13:49
  a
• 13:49
  smaller
• 13:50
  version
• 13:50
  of
• 13:51
  the
• 13:51
  exact
• 13:51
  same
• 13:52
  lesson.
• 13:53
  Not
• 13:53
  about
• 13:54
  governance,
• 13:54
  but
• 13:55
  about
• 13:55
  my
• 13:56
  own
• 13:56
  writing.
• 13:57
  And
• 13:57
  that's
• 13:58
  where
• 13:58
  I
• 13:58
  actually
• 13:59
  learned
• 13:59
  to
• 14:00
  ask
• 14:00
  better
• 14:01
  questions
• 14:01
  instead
• 14:02
  of
• 14:02
  just
• 14:02
  reacting
• 14:03
  to
• 14:03
  the
• 14:03
  surface
• 14:04
  of
• 14:04
  things.
• 14:05
  I
• 14:05
  Don't
• 14:06
  think
• 14:06
  I
• 14:06
  fully
• 14:07
  understood
• 14:07
  it
• 14:08
  until
• 14:08
  I
• 14:09
  changed
• 14:09
  programs.
• 14:11
  Like
• 14:11
  a
• 14:11
  lot
• 14:11
  of
• 14:11
  amateurs,
• 14:13
  I
• 14:13
  thought
• 14:13
  I
• 14:14
  already
• 14:14
  knew
• 14:14
  what
• 14:14
  mattered.
• 14:16
  Are
• 14:16
  the
• 14:16
  horses
• 14:16
  well
• 14:17
  cared
• 14:17
  for?
• 14:18
  Do
• 14:18
  I
• 14:18
  enjoy
• 14:18
  riding
• 14:19
  here?
• 14:20
  Have
• 14:20
  I
• 14:20
  found
• 14:21
  a
• 14:21
  community?
• 14:22
  Am
• 14:22
  I
• 14:22
  learning?
• 14:23
  Am
• 14:23
  I
• 14:24
  working
• 14:24
  towards
• 14:25
  something?
• 14:26
  Those
• 14:27
  are
• 14:27
  still
• 14:28
  the
• 14:28
  right
• 14:28
  questions
• 14:29
  to
• 14:29
  ask.
• 14:30
  But
• 14:30
  what
• 14:30
  changed
• 14:31
  was
• 14:31
  wasn't
• 14:32
  the
• 14:32
  questions.
• 14:34
  I
• 14:34
  was
• 14:35
  realizing
• 14:35
  those
• 14:36
  questions
• 14:37
  weren't
• 14:37
  the
• 14:38
  only
• 14:38
  ones
• 14:38
  that
• 14:38
  I
• 14:38
  should
• 14:39
  be
• 14:39
  thinking
• 14:39
  about.
• 14:41
  When
• 14:41
  I
• 14:41
  switched
• 14:41
  programs,
• 14:42
  the
• 14:43
  first
• 14:43
  thing
• 14:43
  I
• 14:43
  noticed
• 14:44
  had
• 14:44
  nothing
• 14:44
  to
• 14:45
  do
• 14:45
  with
• 14:45
  the
• 14:45
  writing
• 14:46
  itself.
• 14:47
  It
• 14:47
  was
• 14:47
  how
• 14:48
  deliberately
• 14:49
  everything
• 14:49
  fit
• 14:50
  together.
• 14:51
  A
• 14:51
  lesson
• 14:52
  wasn't
• 14:53
  just
• 14:53
  a
• 14:53
  good
• 14:53
  lesson
• 14:54
  that
• 14:54
  day.
• 14:54
  It
• 14:55
  was
• 14:55
  a
• 14:55
  preparation
• 14:56
  for
• 14:56
  the
• 14:56
  next
• 14:57
  one.
• 14:58
  The
• 14:58
  flat
• 14:58
  work
• 14:58
  supported
• 14:59
  the
• 14:59
  jumping.
• 15:00
  Whether
• 15:00
  I
• 15:01
  rode
• 15:01
  with
• 15:01
  the
• 15:01
  assistant
• 15:02
  trainer
• 15:02
  or
• 15:03
  the
• 15:03
  head
• 15:03
  trainer,
• 15:04
  we
• 15:04
  were
• 15:04
  working
• 15:05
  toward
• 15:05
  the
• 15:06
  same
• 15:06
  goal.
• 15:07
  Everyone
• 15:08
  seemed
• 15:08
  to
• 15:08
  know
• 15:09
  not
• 15:09
  just
• 15:10
  what
• 15:10
  we
• 15:10
  were
• 15:10
  doing,
• 15:11
  but
• 15:11
  why,
• 15:12
  what
• 15:13
  it
• 15:13
  was
• 15:13
  building
• 15:14
  toward,
• 15:14
  and
• 15:15
  how
• 15:15
  that
• 15:15
  day's
• 15:16
  ride
• 15:17
  fit
• 15:17
  the
• 15:17
  bigger
• 15:17
  picture.
• 15:19
  That
• 15:19
  didn't
• 15:19
  make
• 15:20
  one
• 15:20
  program
• 15:21
  right
• 15:21
  and
• 15:21
  the
• 15:22
  other
• 15:22
  one
• 15:22
  wrong.
• 15:23
  It
• 15:23
  just
• 15:23
  showed
• 15:24
  me
• 15:24
  that
• 15:25
  there
• 15:25
  were
• 15:25
  questions
• 15:26
  I'd
• 15:26
  never
• 15:26
  thought
• 15:27
  to
• 15:27
  ask.
• 15:28
  I
• 15:28
  hadn't
• 15:28
  just
• 15:29
  picked
• 15:29
  a
• 15:29
  trainer.
• 15:30
  I'd
• 15:30
  picked
• 15:31
  a
• 15:31
  program,
• 15:32
  a
• 15:32
  philosophy,
• 15:33
  a
• 15:33
  way
• 15:33
  of
• 15:34
  developing
• 15:34
  a
• 15:35
  horse
• 15:35
  and
• 15:35
  a
• 15:35
  rider
• 15:36
  together.
• 15:37
  And
• 15:37
  once
• 15:37
  I
• 15:38
  saw
• 15:38
  it,
• 15:38
  I
• 15:38
  couldn't
• 15:39
  unsee.
• 15:41
  Changed
• 15:41
  how
• 15:41
  I
• 15:42
  listened,
• 15:42
  too.
• 15:43
  I've
• 15:44
  always
• 15:44
  liked
• 15:45
  stepping
• 15:45
  back
• 15:45
  to
• 15:45
  see
• 15:46
  the
• 15:46
  big
• 15:46
  picture,
• 15:47
  except,
• 15:48
  apparently,
• 15:48
  when
• 15:48
  it
• 15:48
  comes
• 15:48
  to
• 15:49
  my
• 15:49
  own
• 15:49
  life.
• 15:50
  But
• 15:50
  now,
• 15:51
  when
• 15:51
  someone
• 15:51
  floats
• 15:52
  an
• 15:52
  idea,
• 15:53
  I
• 15:53
  try
• 15:53
  to
• 15:54
  hold
• 15:54
  off
• 15:55
  on
• 15:56
  that's
• 15:56
  right
• 15:56
  or
• 15:57
  that's
• 15:57
  wrong
• 15:58
  until
• 15:58
  I
• 15:58
  first
• 15:59
  ask
• 15:59
  myself,
• 16:00
  what
• 16:01
  are
• 16:01
  they
• 16:01
  actually
• 16:02
  trying
• 16:02
  to
• 16:02
  accomplish?
• 16:03
  Once
• 16:04
  I
• 16:04
  understand
• 16:05
  that,
• 16:05
  their
• 16:06
  conclusion
• 16:07
  usually
• 16:07
  makes
• 16:07
  a
• 16:08
  lot
• 16:08
  more
• 16:08
  sense,
• 16:09
  whether
• 16:09
  I
• 16:09
  end
• 16:09
  up
• 16:10
  agreeing
• 16:10
  with
• 16:10
  it
• 16:10
  or
• 16:11
  not.
• 16:12
  Instead
• 16:12
  of
• 16:12
  commenting
• 16:13
  with
• 16:13
  my
• 16:14
  first
• 16:14
  reaction,
• 16:15
  I
• 16:15
  like
• 16:16
  to
• 16:16
  watch
• 16:16
  the
• 16:16
  comments
• 16:17
  instead.
• 16:18
  Some
• 16:18
  agree
• 16:19
  a
• 16:19
  lot
• 16:20
  don't.
• 16:20
  And
• 16:20
  somewhere
• 16:21
  in
• 16:21
  there,
• 16:22
  it
• 16:22
  turns
• 16:22
  into
• 16:23
  a
• 16:23
  completely
• 16:24
  different
• 16:24
  comfort
• 16:25
  conversation.
• 16:26
  Sometimes
• 16:27
  it
• 16:27
  happens
• 16:27
  fast.
• 16:28
  Someone
• 16:29
  floats
• 16:29
  an
• 16:29
  idea,
• 16:30
  and
• 16:30
  within
• 16:30
  a
• 16:31
  few
• 16:31
  comments,
• 16:32
  nobody's
• 16:33
  discussing
• 16:33
  the
• 16:33
  same
• 16:34
  thing
• 16:34
  anymore.
• 16:35
  One
• 16:35
  person's
• 16:36
  talking
• 16:36
  about
• 16:36
  governance,
• 16:37
  another
• 16:37
  person's
• 16:38
  talking
• 16:38
  about
• 16:38
  money.
• 16:39
  Someone
• 16:39
  else
• 16:40
  is
• 16:40
  on
• 16:40
  horse
• 16:41
  welfare
• 16:41
  or
• 16:42
  opportunities
• 16:43
  for
• 16:43
  amateurs.
• 16:44
  It's
• 16:44
  like
• 16:45
  everyone
• 16:45
  heard
• 16:46
  the
• 16:46
  same
• 16:46
  question
• 16:47
  and
• 16:48
  answered
• 16:48
  a
• 16:48
  different
• 16:49
  one.
• 16:50
  I
• 16:50
  never
• 16:50
  used
• 16:50
  to
• 16:51
  notice
• 16:51
  that,
• 16:51
  but
• 16:52
  now
• 16:52
  I
• 16:52
  see
• 16:52
  it
• 16:52
  everywhere.
• 16:54
  The
• 16:54
  USCF
• 16:55
  listening
• 16:55
  session
• 16:56
  at
• 16:56
  the
• 16:56
  Virginia
• 16:57
  Horse
• 16:57
  center
• 16:58
  was
• 16:58
  probably
• 16:59
  the
• 16:59
  first
• 16:59
  time
• 17:00
  it
• 17:00
  really
• 17:00
  clicked
• 17:01
  for
• 17:01
  me.
• 17:02
  The
• 17:02
  panel
• 17:03
  covered
• 17:03
  horse
• 17:04
  welfare,
• 17:04
  cost
• 17:05
  and
• 17:05
  biosecurity,
• 17:06
  and
• 17:07
  honestly,
• 17:08
  some
• 17:08
  of
• 17:08
  it
• 17:08
  was
• 17:09
  more
• 17:09
  candid
• 17:09
  than
• 17:10
  I
• 17:10
  expected.
• 17:11
  One
• 17:11
  show
• 17:12
  manager
• 17:12
  stood
• 17:13
  up
• 17:13
  and
• 17:13
  read
• 17:13
  her
• 17:14
  actual
• 17:14
  budget
• 17:14
  out
• 17:15
  loud
• 17:16
  and
• 17:16
  said,
• 17:16
  again,
• 17:17
  facility
• 17:18
  rental
• 17:18
  alone,
• 17:19
  eating
• 17:19
  something
• 17:19
  like
• 17:20
  40
• 17:20
  to
• 17:20
  50%
• 17:21
  of
• 17:21
  her
• 17:21
  total
• 17:22
  cost,
• 17:23
  and
• 17:24
  the
• 17:24
  USF's
• 17:25
  own
• 17:26
  share,
• 17:26
  sitting
• 17:27
  at
• 17:27
  about
• 17:28
  3%.
• 17:29
  That's
• 17:30
  not
• 17:30
  nothing,
• 17:30
  but
• 17:31
  it's
• 17:31
  a
• 17:31
  very
• 17:31
  different
• 17:31
  picture
• 17:32
  than
• 17:32
  the
• 17:32
  one
• 17:32
  people
• 17:33
  usually
• 17:33
  paint
• 17:34
  when
• 17:34
  they
• 17:35
  say
• 17:35
  that
• 17:35
  the
• 17:35
  Federation
• 17:36
  is
• 17:36
  the
• 17:36
  reason
• 17:37
  showing
• 17:38
  costs
• 17:38
  so
• 17:38
  much
• 17:38
  more.
• 17:40
  But
• 17:40
  the
• 17:40
  moment
• 17:41
  that
• 17:41
  actually
• 17:41
  stuck
• 17:42
  with
• 17:42
  me
• 17:42
  was
• 17:43
  about
• 17:43
  a
• 17:43
  disease
• 17:44
  outbreak,
• 17:44
  not
• 17:45
  a
• 17:45
  fee.
• 17:46
  A
• 17:46
  few
• 17:46
  weeks
• 17:47
  earlier,
• 17:47
  there
• 17:48
  had
• 17:48
  been
• 17:48
  a
• 17:48
  biosecurity
• 17:49
  scare
• 17:49
  at
• 17:50
  one
• 17:50
  show,
• 17:50
  and
• 17:51
  the
• 17:51
  organizers
• 17:52
  of
• 17:52
  the
• 17:53
  very
• 17:53
  next
• 17:53
  event
• 17:54
  wanted
• 17:54
  the
• 17:55
  USF's
• 17:55
  help
• 17:56
  keeping
• 17:56
  horses
• 17:57
  that
• 17:57
  had
• 17:57
  been
• 17:58
  at
• 17:58
  the
• 17:58
  affected
• 17:59
  show
• 18:00
  away
• 18:00
  from
• 18:01
  theirs,
• 18:01
  just
• 18:02
  for
• 18:02
  one
• 18:02
  week,
• 18:02
  but
• 18:03
  out
• 18:03
  of
• 18:03
  caution.
• 18:05
  The
• 18:05
  USCF's
• 18:06
  answer
• 18:07
  was
• 18:07
  that
• 18:07
  there
• 18:07
  wasn't
• 18:08
  a
• 18:08
  scientific
• 18:09
  basis
• 18:10
  to
• 18:10
  exclude
• 18:11
  anyone
• 18:12
  who
• 18:12
  hadn't
• 18:12
  actually
• 18:13
  been
• 18:13
  exposed,
• 18:15
  so
• 18:15
  they
• 18:15
  couldn't
• 18:16
  restrict
• 18:16
  entries.
• 18:18
  What
• 18:18
  happened
• 18:18
  next
• 18:19
  tells
• 18:19
  you
• 18:20
  everything
• 18:20
  about
• 18:20
  how
• 18:21
  these
• 18:21
  conversations
• 18:22
  actually
• 18:22
  go.
• 18:23
  The
• 18:24
  Horse
• 18:24
  center
• 18:24
  wanted
• 18:25
  to
• 18:25
  keep
• 18:25
  those
• 18:25
  horses
• 18:26
  out.
• 18:26
  The
• 18:27
  USF
• 18:27
  said
• 18:28
  the
• 18:28
  venue
• 18:28
  didn't
• 18:29
  have
• 18:29
  the
• 18:29
  authority
• 18:29
  to
• 18:30
  make
• 18:30
  that
• 18:30
  call,
• 18:31
  so
• 18:31
  the
• 18:31
  horses
• 18:32
  were
• 18:32
  allowed
• 18:32
  to
• 18:32
  come.
• 18:33
  A
• 18:33
  handful
• 18:34
  of
• 18:34
  exhibitors
• 18:35
  scratched
• 18:35
  anyway,
• 18:36
  out
• 18:36
  of
• 18:36
  caution,
• 18:37
  and
• 18:38
  once
• 18:38
  word
• 18:38
  got
• 18:39
  around,
• 18:39
  a
• 18:39
  couple
• 18:40
  of
• 18:40
  hundred
• 18:40
  other
• 18:41
  people
• 18:41
  scratched
• 18:42
  too.
• 18:43
  Not
• 18:43
  because
• 18:43
  of
• 18:43
  any
• 18:44
  rule,
• 18:44
  but
• 18:44
  just
• 18:45
  because
• 18:45
  of
• 18:45
  how
• 18:45
  it
• 18:46
  felt.
• 18:47
  So
• 18:47
  the
• 18:47
  show
• 18:48
  effectively
• 18:48
  fell
• 18:49
  apart.
• 18:49
  And
• 18:50
  by
• 18:50
  the
• 18:50
  end
• 18:50
  of
• 18:50
  that
• 18:50
  exchange,
• 18:51
  you
• 18:52
  had
• 18:52
  people
• 18:52
  who
• 18:53
  fully
• 18:53
  understood
• 18:54
  the
• 18:54
  science
• 18:55
  still
• 18:55
  saying
• 18:56
  they
• 18:56
  felt
• 18:57
  let
• 18:57
  down.
• 18:58
  Not
• 18:58
  because
• 18:58
  anyone
• 18:59
  broke
• 18:59
  a
• 18:59
  rule,
• 19:00
  but
• 19:00
  because
• 19:01
  nobody
• 19:01
  felt
• 19:02
  like
• 19:02
  the
• 19:02
  community's
• 19:03
  judgment
• 19:04
  counted
• 19:04
  for
• 19:05
  anything
• 19:05
  in
• 19:06
  the
• 19:06
  decision.
• 19:07
  Nobody
• 19:08
  in
• 19:08
  that
• 19:08
  room
• 19:08
  was
• 19:09
  wrong.
• 19:09
  The
• 19:10
  Federation
• 19:10
  was
• 19:11
  right
• 19:11
  that
• 19:11
  there
• 19:12
  was
• 19:12
  no
• 19:12
  scientific
• 19:13
  reason
• 19:13
  to
• 19:13
  single
• 19:14
  anyone
• 19:14
  out.
• 19:15
  The
• 19:16
  organizers
• 19:16
  were
• 19:17
  right
• 19:17
  that
• 19:18
  the
• 19:18
  perception
• 19:19
  drives
• 19:19
  entries
• 19:20
  whether
• 19:20
  the
• 19:20
  science
• 19:21
  supports
• 19:21
  it
• 19:21
  or
• 19:21
  not.
• 19:22
  And
• 19:23
  that's
• 19:23
  really
• 19:23
  the
• 19:24
  whole
• 19:24
  problem
• 19:24
  in
• 19:24
  miniature,
• 19:26
  being
• 19:26
  technically
• 19:27
  right
• 19:27
  and
• 19:27
  still
• 19:28
  ending
• 19:28
  up
• 19:28
  with
• 19:29
  a
• 19:29
  horse
• 19:29
  show
• 19:29
  nobody
• 19:30
  attended.
• 19:31
  The
• 19:32
  person
• 19:32
  moderating
• 19:33
  the
• 19:33
  session
• 19:34
  ended
• 19:34
  the
• 19:34
  night
• 19:35
  about
• 19:35
  as
• 19:35
  honestly
• 19:36
  as
• 19:36
  I've
• 19:37
  heard
• 19:37
  anyone
• 19:37
  put
• 19:38
  it.
• 19:38
  Nobody
• 19:39
  walked
• 19:39
  in
• 19:40
  expecting
• 19:40
  easy
• 19:41
  answers.
• 19:41
  But
• 19:42
  people
• 19:42
  walked
• 19:43
  in
• 19:43
  hoping
• 19:44
  to
• 19:44
  feel
• 19:44
  heard.
• 19:45
  And
• 19:45
  by
• 19:45
  the
• 19:46
  end
• 19:46
  of
• 19:46
  the
• 19:46
  day,
• 19:47
  she
• 19:47
  wasn't
• 19:47
  sure
• 19:48
  they
• 19:48
  did.
• 19:49
  Now,
• 19:49
  the
• 19:49
  USTA
• 19:50
  town
• 19:51
  halls
• 19:51
  felt
• 19:51
  different.
• 19:53
  They
• 19:53
  weren't
• 19:54
  built
• 19:54
  around
• 19:54
  a
• 19:55
  single
• 19:55
  controversy.
• 19:56
  But
• 19:56
  the
• 19:56
  question
• 19:57
  on
• 19:57
  the
• 19:57
  table
• 19:58
  was
• 19:58
  simply,
• 19:59
  what
• 19:59
  could
• 19:59
  we
• 20:00
  build?
• 20:01
  That
• 20:01
  doesn't
• 20:01
  mean
• 20:02
  every
• 20:02
  idea
• 20:02
  that
• 20:03
  comes
• 20:03
  out
• 20:03
  of
• 20:03
  them
• 20:04
  is
• 20:04
  a
• 20:04
  good
• 20:04
  one,
• 20:04
  or
• 20:05
  that
• 20:05
  every
• 20:05
  proposal
• 20:06
  deserves
• 20:07
  to
• 20:07
  move
• 20:07
  forward.
• 20:08
  But
• 20:08
  I
• 20:09
  found
• 20:09
  the
• 20:09
  contrast
• 20:10
  genuinely
• 20:11
  interesting.
• 20:13
  The
• 20:13
  USCF
• 20:14
  listening
• 20:14
  session
• 20:15
  felt
• 20:15
  like
• 20:16
  members
• 20:16
  asking
• 20:17
  how
• 20:17
  the
• 20:17
  organization
• 20:18
  would
• 20:18
  respond
• 20:19
  to
• 20:19
  issues
• 20:20
  they've
• 20:20
  already
• 20:21
  been
• 20:21
  raising
• 20:21
  for
• 20:22
  years.
• 20:23
  The
• 20:23
  USETA
• 20:24
  town
• 20:24
  halls
• 20:25
  felt
• 20:26
  like
• 20:26
  gathering
• 20:26
  ideas,
• 20:27
  testing
• 20:28
  them,
• 20:28
  and
• 20:29
  seeing
• 20:29
  whether
• 20:30
  enough
• 20:30
  people
• 20:30
  actually
• 20:31
  wanted
• 20:31
  to
• 20:31
  push
• 20:32
  them
• 20:32
  forward.
• 20:33
  Neither
• 20:34
  approach
• 20:34
  is
• 20:34
  wrong.
• 20:35
  They're
• 20:35
  just
• 20:36
  starting
• 20:36
  from
• 20:36
  different
• 20:37
  places.
• 20:38
  Judging
• 20:39
  is
• 20:39
  a
• 20:39
  really
• 20:40
  good
• 20:40
  example
• 20:40
  of
• 20:40
  what
• 20:41
  that
• 20:41
  actually
• 20:41
  looks
• 20:42
  like
• 20:42
  in
• 20:42
  practice.
• 20:43
  It
• 20:44
  comes
• 20:44
  up
• 20:44
  constantly,
• 20:45
  usually
• 20:46
  as
• 20:46
  a
• 20:46
  complaint,
• 20:47
  though
• 20:47
  of
• 20:47
  course
• 20:48
  somebody
• 20:48
  didn't
• 20:49
  agree
• 20:49
  with
• 20:49
  a
• 20:49
  placing.
• 20:50
  Somebody
• 20:51
  questions
• 20:51
  how
• 20:52
  a
• 20:52
  judge
• 20:52
  got
• 20:52
  their
• 20:52
  card.
• 20:54
  Somebody
• 20:54
  wonders
• 20:55
  who's
• 20:55
  really
• 20:55
  deciding
• 20:56
  what
• 20:56
  wins.
• 20:58
  Almost
• 20:58
  all
• 20:58
  of
• 20:58
  that
• 20:59
  conversation
• 21:00
  happens
• 21:01
  after
• 21:01
  the
• 21:01
  fact,
• 21:02
  and
• 21:02
  almost
• 21:02
  none
• 21:03
  of
• 21:03
  it
• 21:03
  happens
• 21:04
  explains
• 21:05
  how
• 21:05
  the
• 21:05
  process
• 21:06
  actually
• 21:06
  works.
• 21:08
  USTA's
• 21:09
  answer
• 21:10
  wasn't
• 21:10
  another
• 21:11
  statement
• 21:12
  or
• 21:12
  another
• 21:12
  thread.
• 21:13
  It's
• 21:13
  an
• 21:13
  actual
• 21:14
  three
• 21:15
  day
• 21:15
  clinic
• 21:16
  in
• 21:16
  Aiken
• 21:17
  this
• 21:17
  September,
• 21:19
  open
• 21:19
  to
• 21:19
  anyone
• 21:20
  who
• 21:20
  wants
• 21:20
  to
• 21:21
  understand
• 21:21
  how
• 21:22
  judging
• 21:22
  actually
• 21:23
  works
• 21:24
  and
• 21:24
  what
• 21:24
  the
• 21:25
  path
• 21:25
  toward
• 21:26
  becoming
• 21:26
  a
• 21:26
  judge
• 21:27
  even
• 21:27
  looks
• 21:28
  like.
• 21:28
  You
• 21:29
  don't
• 21:29
  have
• 21:29
  to
• 21:29
  be
• 21:29
  chasing
• 21:30
  a
• 21:30
  judge's
• 21:30
  card
• 21:31
  to
• 21:31
  go,
• 21:32
  you
• 21:32
  have
• 21:32
  to
• 21:33
  just
• 21:33
  want
• 21:33
  to
• 21:33
  understand
• 21:34
  the
• 21:34
  process
• 21:35
  instead
• 21:36
  of
• 21:36
  guessing
• 21:36
  at
• 21:36
  it
• 21:37
  from
• 21:37
  the
• 21:37
  outside.
• 21:38
  It's
• 21:39
  already
• 21:39
  full,
• 21:40
  which
• 21:40
  honestly
• 21:41
  tells
• 21:41
  you
• 21:42
  something
• 21:42
  on
• 21:42
  its
• 21:42
  own.
• 21:43
  There
• 21:43
  were
• 21:43
  only
• 21:44
  12
• 21:45
  spots,
• 21:46
  which
• 21:46
  tells
• 21:47
  you
• 21:47
  that
• 21:47
  it
• 21:47
  was
• 21:48
  actually
• 21:48
  built
• 21:49
  to
• 21:49
  teach
• 21:49
  people
• 21:50
  the
• 21:50
  process,
• 21:51
  not
• 21:51
  just
• 21:52
  make
• 21:52
  a
• 21:52
  statement
• 21:52
  to
• 21:53
  a
• 21:53
  crowd.
• 21:55
  That's
• 21:55
  the
• 21:55
  difference
• 21:56
  I
• 21:56
  keep
• 21:56
  coming
• 21:56
  back
• 21:57
  to.
• 21:58
  Not
• 21:58
  another
• 21:59
  opinion
• 21:59
  about
• 22:00
  what's
• 22:00
  wrong
• 22:00
  with
• 22:01
  judging,
• 22:02
  but
• 22:02
  an
• 22:02
  actual
• 22:03
  door
• 22:04
  somebody
• 22:04
  built
• 22:05
  for
• 22:05
  members
• 22:05
  to
• 22:06
  walk
• 22:06
  through.
• 22:07
  Whether
• 22:07
  I
• 22:08
  was
• 22:08
  listening
• 22:08
  live
• 22:09
  or
• 22:09
  scrolling
• 22:09
  the
• 22:10
  comments
• 22:10
  after
• 22:11
  that
• 22:11
  episode,
• 22:12
  I
• 22:12
  kept
• 22:13
  noticing
• 22:14
  the
• 22:14
  same
• 22:14
  pattern.
• 22:15
  A
• 22:15
  show
• 22:16
  manager
• 22:16
  is
• 22:17
  juggling
• 22:17
  insurance,
• 22:18
  staffing,
• 22:19
  footing,
• 22:20
  officials,
• 22:21
  weather,
• 22:21
  and
• 22:22
  whether
• 22:23
  enough
• 22:23
  people
• 22:23
  will
• 22:24
  actually
• 22:24
  enter
• 22:25
  to
• 22:25
  make
• 22:25
  the
• 22:26
  math
• 22:26
  work.
• 22:27
  An
• 22:27
  exhibitor
• 22:28
  may
• 22:28
  only
• 22:28
  see
• 22:29
  the
• 22:29
  bill
• 22:29
  at
• 22:29
  the
• 22:29
  end
• 22:29
  of
• 22:30
  the
• 22:30
  week.
• 22:31
  A
• 22:31
  trainer
• 22:31
  with
• 22:31
  a
• 22:32
  full
• 22:32
  barn
• 22:33
  sees
• 22:33
  the
• 22:33
  sport
• 22:34
  differently
• 22:34
  than
• 22:34
  somebody
• 22:35
  taking
• 22:35
  one
• 22:36
  lesson
• 22:36
  a
• 22:36
  week
• 22:37
  and
• 22:37
  saving
• 22:38
  all
• 22:38
  year
• 22:38
  for
• 22:39
  a
• 22:39
  few
• 22:39
  rated
• 22:39
  shows.
• 22:41
  Nobody's
• 22:41
  wrong,
• 22:42
  they're
• 22:42
  just
• 22:43
  standing
• 22:43
  in
• 22:43
  different
• 22:44
  spots
• 22:44
  on
• 22:44
  the
• 22:45
  same
• 22:45
  mountain.
• 22:46
  And
• 22:46
  most
• 22:47
  people
• 22:47
  react
• 22:48
  to
• 22:48
  the
• 22:48
  one
• 22:48
  part
• 22:49
  of
• 22:49
  the
• 22:49
  view
• 22:49
  that
• 22:49
  they
• 22:50
  can
• 22:50
  actually
• 22:51
  see.
• 22:52
  That's
• 22:52
  why
• 22:53
  affordability
• 22:54
  conversations
• 22:55
  get
• 22:55
  so
• 22:55
  messy
• 22:56
  so
• 22:56
  fast.
• 22:58
  One
• 22:58
  person
• 22:58
  says
• 22:59
  this
• 22:59
  is
• 22:59
  too
• 22:59
  expensive.
• 23:00
  Another
• 23:01
  says,
• 23:01
  do
• 23:01
  you
• 23:02
  actually
• 23:02
  know
• 23:02
  what
• 23:02
  it
• 23:02
  costs
• 23:03
  to
• 23:03
  run
• 23:03
  a
• 23:03
  horse
• 23:04
  show?
• 23:04
  A
• 23:04
  third
• 23:05
  asks
• 23:06
  then
• 23:06
  why
• 23:06
  aren't
• 23:06
  there
• 23:07
  more
• 23:07
  local
• 23:08
  options?
• 23:09
  And
• 23:09
  the
• 23:09
  answer
• 23:09
  comes
• 23:10
  back,
• 23:11
  because
• 23:11
  people
• 23:12
  stop
• 23:12
  supporting
• 23:13
  them.
• 23:14
  By
• 23:14
  that
• 23:15
  point,
• 23:15
  it
• 23:15
  sounds
• 23:15
  like
• 23:16
  everybody's
• 23:16
  arguing,
• 23:17
  really.
• 23:18
  They're
• 23:19
  each
• 23:19
  defending
• 23:19
  the
• 23:20
  one
• 23:20
  corner
• 23:20
  of
• 23:21
  the
• 23:21
  sport
• 23:21
  they
• 23:22
  know
• 23:22
  best.
• 23:23
  Being
• 23:23
  frustrated
• 23:24
  is
• 23:25
  completely
• 23:25
  fair.
• 23:26
  It
• 23:26
  just
• 23:27
  doesn't
• 23:27
  get
• 23:27
  you
• 23:27
  any
• 23:28
  closer
• 23:29
  to
• 23:29
  an
• 23:29
  actual
• 23:30
  fix.
• 23:31
  And
• 23:31
  that's
• 23:31
  the
• 23:31
  part
• 23:32
  I
• 23:32
  seem
• 23:32
  to
• 23:32
  keep
• 23:33
  coming
• 23:33
  back
• 23:33
  to.
• 23:34
  It
• 23:35
  seems
• 23:35
  that
• 23:35
  we're
• 23:36
  really
• 23:36
  good
• 23:36
  at
• 23:37
  identifying
• 23:38
  what's
• 23:38
  wrong,
• 23:39
  but
• 23:39
  we're
• 23:40
  a
• 23:40
  lot
• 23:40
  worse
• 23:40
  at
• 23:41
  the
• 23:41
  next
• 23:41
  step,
• 23:42
  actually
• 23:43
  building
• 23:43
  something
• 23:44
  that
• 23:45
  fixes
• 23:45
  it.
• 23:46
  The
• 23:47
  second
• 23:47
  someone
• 23:47
  proposes
• 23:48
  an
• 23:49
  idea,
• 23:50
  all
• 23:50
  the
• 23:50
  hard
• 23:50
  questions
• 23:51
  show
• 23:51
  up.
• 23:52
  Will
• 23:52
  it
• 23:53
  actually
• 23:53
  work?
• 23:54
  Who
• 23:54
  pays
• 23:54
  for
• 23:55
  that?
• 23:55
  Who
• 23:56
  has
• 23:56
  to
• 23:56
  enforce
• 23:56
  it?
• 23:57
  What
• 23:57
  does
• 23:57
  this
• 23:58
  look
• 23:58
  like
• 23:58
  in
• 23:59
  five
• 23:59
  years?
• 24:00
  That's
• 24:01
  not
• 24:01
  a
• 24:01
  reason
• 24:01
  to
• 24:01
  stop
• 24:02
  proposing
• 24:02
  ideas.
• 24:03
  It's
• 24:04
  actually
• 24:05
  why
• 24:05
  they
• 24:05
  need
• 24:05
  to
• 24:06
  be
• 24:06
  argued
• 24:06
  over
• 24:06
  before
• 24:07
  Anyone
• 24:07
  commits
• 24:08
  to
• 24:08
  one.
• 24:10
  That's
• 24:10
  what
• 24:10
  I
• 24:10
  found
• 24:10
  genuinely
• 24:11
  interesting
• 24:12
  about
• 24:12
  the
• 24:12
  USTA
• 24:13
  town
• 24:14
  halls.
• 24:14
  Not
• 24:15
  because
• 24:15
  everything
• 24:15
  that
• 24:16
  comes
• 24:16
  out
• 24:16
  of
• 24:16
  them
• 24:17
  will
• 24:17
  be
• 24:17
  perfect,
• 24:18
  and
• 24:18
  not
• 24:18
  because
• 24:18
  everyone
• 24:19
  agrees,
• 24:20
  but
• 24:20
  because
• 24:20
  of
• 24:21
  the
• 24:21
  process
• 24:22
  itself.
• 24:23
  Put
• 24:23
  ideas
• 24:24
  on
• 24:24
  the
• 24:24
  table,
• 24:25
  talk
• 24:26
  them
• 24:26
  through,
• 24:27
  stress
• 24:28
  test
• 24:28
  them,
• 24:29
  refine
• 24:29
  them,
• 24:30
  and
• 24:30
  then
• 24:30
  let
• 24:31
  the
• 24:31
  membership
• 24:31
  decide
• 24:32
  which
• 24:32
  ones
• 24:33
  are
• 24:33
  worth
• 24:33
  pursuing.
• 24:35
  That's
• 24:35
  a
• 24:35
  very
• 24:36
  different
• 24:36
  exercise
• 24:37
  than
• 24:37
  just
• 24:38
  saying
• 24:38
  this
• 24:39
  is
• 24:39
  broken.
• 24:40
  I
• 24:41
  think
• 24:41
  our
• 24:41
  sport
• 24:42
  could
• 24:42
  use
• 24:42
  a
• 24:42
  lot
• 24:43
  more
• 24:43
  of
• 24:44
  the
• 24:44
  former
• 24:44
  and
• 24:45
  a
• 24:45
  lot
• 24:45
  less
• 24:46
  of
• 24:46
  the
• 24:46
  latter.
• 24:47
  Not
• 24:48
  because
• 24:48
  passion
• 24:50
  or
• 24:50
  good
• 24:50
  rallying
• 24:51
  cry
• 24:52
  are
• 24:52
  bad
• 24:52
  things.
• 24:53
  Plenty
• 24:53
  of
• 24:54
  real
• 24:54
  change
• 24:55
  starts
• 24:55
  with
• 24:55
  someone
• 24:56
  willing
• 24:56
  to
• 24:56
  say
• 24:57
  the
• 24:57
  loud,
• 24:58
  uncomfortable
• 24:59
  thing
• 24:59
  first.
• 25:00
  But
• 25:01
  passion
• 25:02
  has
• 25:02
  to
• 25:03
  eventually
• 25:03
  turn
• 25:04
  into
• 25:04
  a
• 25:04
  plan,
• 25:05
  and
• 25:05
  that's
• 25:06
  the
• 25:06
  part
• 25:06
  that
• 25:07
  too
• 25:07
  often
• 25:07
  gets
• 25:08
  skipped.
• 25:09
  A
• 25:09
  solution
• 25:10
  that
• 25:10
  sounds
• 25:10
  simple
• 25:11
  in
• 25:11
  a
• 25:11
  Facebook
• 25:12
  comment
• 25:12
  is
• 25:13
  gets
• 25:13
  a
• 25:13
  lot
• 25:14
  more
• 25:14
  complicated
• 25:15
  the
• 25:15
  moment
• 25:16
  somebody
• 25:16
  has
• 25:16
  to
• 25:17
  write
• 25:17
  the
• 25:17
  rule,
• 25:18
  fund
• 25:19
  the
• 25:19
  program,
• 25:20
  run
• 25:20
  the
• 25:20
  show,
• 25:21
  enforce
• 25:22
  the
• 25:22
  policy,
• 25:23
  or
• 25:24
  explain
• 25:24
  it
• 25:25
  to
• 25:25
  the
• 25:25
  people
• 25:25
  it
• 25:26
  affects.
• 25:27
  I
• 25:27
  don't
• 25:28
  think
• 25:28
  anyone
• 25:28
  would
• 25:29
  argue
• 25:29
  that
• 25:29
  there
• 25:30
  aren't
• 25:30
  real
• 25:30
  issues.
• 25:31
  The
• 25:31
  harder
• 25:32
  conversation
• 25:33
  is
• 25:33
  now
• 25:34
  what?
• 25:35
  I've
• 25:36
  spent
• 25:36
  way
• 25:36
  too
• 25:37
  much
• 25:37
  time
• 25:37
  down
• 25:37
  this
• 25:38
  rabbit
• 25:38
  hole,
• 25:38
  but
• 25:38
  here's
• 25:39
  where
• 25:39
  I've
• 25:39
  landed.
• 25:40
  I
• 25:40
  don't
• 25:41
  think
• 25:41
  we're
• 25:41
  watching
• 25:42
  our
• 25:42
  sport
• 25:42
  fall
• 25:42
  apart.
• 25:43
  I
• 25:44
  think
• 25:44
  we're
• 25:44
  watching
• 25:45
  it
• 25:45
  figure
• 25:45
  itself
• 25:46
  out.
• 25:46
  That
• 25:47
  doesn't
• 25:47
  mean
• 25:47
  that
• 25:48
  every
• 25:48
  idea
• 25:48
  is
• 25:49
  great,
• 25:49
  or
• 25:50
  every
• 25:50
  criticism
• 25:51
  is
• 25:51
  fair,
• 25:52
  or
• 25:52
  every
• 25:53
  proposal
• 25:53
  succeeds.
• 25:55
  That's
• 25:55
  never
• 25:55
  how
• 25:56
  progress
• 25:56
  works.
• 25:57
  What
• 25:58
  changed
• 25:58
  for
• 25:59
  me
• 25:59
  isn't
• 25:59
  a
• 26:00
  belief
• 26:00
  that
• 26:00
  we
• 26:01
  suddenly
• 26:01
  have
• 26:01
  the
• 26:02
  answers.
• 26:02
  It's
• 26:03
  realizing
• 26:04
  that
• 26:04
  there
• 26:04
  are
• 26:04
  a
• 26:04
  lot
• 26:05
  more
• 26:05
  people
• 26:05
  out
• 26:06
  there
• 26:06
  asking
• 26:07
  thoughtful
• 26:07
  questions
• 26:08
  than
• 26:09
  than
• 26:09
  I'd
• 26:09
  given
• 26:09
  credit
• 26:10
  for.
• 26:11
  I
• 26:11
  don't
• 26:12
  expect
• 26:12
  everyone
• 26:12
  to
• 26:13
  agree
• 26:13
  with
• 26:13
  me
• 26:13
  on
• 26:14
  any
• 26:14
  of
• 26:14
  this.
• 26:15
  Honestly,
• 26:16
  I
• 26:16
  hope
• 26:16
  you
• 26:16
  don't.
• 26:17
  Because
• 26:18
  reasonable
• 26:18
  people
• 26:19
  can
• 26:19
  look
• 26:19
  at
• 26:19
  the
• 26:19
  same
• 26:20
  issue,
• 26:20
  care
• 26:21
  just
• 26:21
  as
• 26:21
  much,
• 26:22
  and
• 26:22
  land
• 26:23
  in
• 26:23
  completely
• 26:23
  different
• 26:24
  places.
• 26:25
  That's
• 26:26
  not
• 26:26
  a
• 26:26
  problem.
• 26:27
  That's
• 26:27
  just
• 26:28
  what
• 26:28
  it
• 26:28
  looks
• 26:28
  like
• 26:28
  when
• 26:29
  people
• 26:29
  are
• 26:29
  actually
• 26:30
  paying
• 26:30
  attention.
• 26:31
  As
• 26:31
  long
• 26:32
  as
• 26:32
  we're
• 26:32
  still
• 26:32
  willing
• 26:33
  to
• 26:33
  listen
• 26:34
  and
• 26:34
  question
• 26:34
  our
• 26:35
  own
• 26:35
  assumptions
• 26:36
  once
• 26:36
  in
• 26:36
  a
• 26:36
  while,
• 26:37
  we're
• 26:37
  good.
• 26:38
  So
• 26:39
  maybe
• 26:39
  that's
• 26:39
  the
• 26:40
  real
• 26:40
  takeaway.
• 26:41
  I
• 26:41
  don't
• 26:42
  have
• 26:42
  better
• 26:42
  answers,
• 26:43
  but
• 26:43
  I
• 26:43
  hope
• 26:44
  I've
• 26:44
  got
• 26:44
  better
• 26:45
  questions.
• 26:46
  And
• 26:46
  maybe
• 26:47
  that's
• 26:47
  where
• 26:47
  progress
• 26:48
  actually
• 26:49
  starts.
• 26:50
  Not
• 26:50
  certainty.
• 26:52
  Curiosity.
• 26:54
  Okay,
• 26:54
  I
• 26:55
  think
• 26:55
  it's
• 26:55
  time
• 26:55
  to
• 26:55
  climb
• 26:56
  out
• 26:56
  of
• 26:56
  that
• 26:56
  rabbit
• 26:56
  hole
• 26:57
  and
• 26:57
  get
• 26:57
  back
• 26:57
  on
• 26:57
  my
• 26:57
  horse.
• 26:58
  So
• 26:59
  until
• 26:59
  next
• 26:59
  week,
• 27:00
  let's
• 27:01
  ride.