Maybe USPSA can run a BUG match?
Cloud Yeller of the Boomer Age
Exactly! I don’t think many get what a huge part of some overly / overtly passionate people the shooting sports may become. The first 20 some of my now 31 years in the sport were. Imagine giving up opportunities to get lucky because you had a match the next day. (If older me could go back and time and ask younger me WTF!?).
I still enjoy a few matches a month, but the obsession has long fizzled.
IPSC is just as corrupt if not more so than USPSA. USPSA has always been a little on the edges with IPSC for a lot of reasons. But USPSA is IPSC's deepest talent pool as well as it largest single nation source of members. I would be suprised if IPSC cared about our problems/ccoruption. We would be joining the party.
I think that’s a reasonable perspective.
From mine, USPSA isn’t inept because they put out a product I find a good value.
If the corporation goes belly up, so be it.
I own a Boberg and a Coonan.
Both companies are out of business but I liked their guns so bought them.
Same thing here. As long as I like the product and find it worth the money, the org structure doesn’t disqualify the sport for me. Sure, I’d prefer a more put together org… but me leaving doesn’t promote that all.
Oh I agree with you.
I’m just saying that random casual competitors saying “I’m taking my ball and going home” aren’t going to move the needle unless USPSA fails to attract new members or the vets that actually run matches go away.
It could happen but I think most will be lost in the noise of attrition.
As annoying as the USPSA governance issues are, I would quit New Mexico way before quitting USPSA. While there will be discontent, bitching and moaning, I don't see those who regularly participate in USPSA matches leaving the organization.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.