Trouble With the CSAC, It's Not Just Sean Sherk
Very in depth three part series at MaxBoxing about various complaints and grievances with California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) Executive Director Armando Garcia. Part 1 and Part 3 are interesting but more focused on boxing than MMA. Part 2: OverKill and Inefficiency" on the other hand shows that a lot more people in MMA are beefing on Armando's regime than just Sean Sherk.
He spoke of dialing up fax machines that had no transmissions and he wondered why each fighter's medical paperwork needed to be 20 pages long. Garcia would respond by telling the small audience that they had just, "hired another body in the office," and would be hiring an additional person soon. He also explained that in the process of moving, their fax machines were out of service. But Garcia would point out that, while they did admittedly, "kill a lot of trees," by law, every single one of those papers needed to be there for the weigh-ins and at the fights for the ringside physician and paramedic in case of an emergency.
As a show is planned, each promoter must send in what is called a 'Who's, who,' which means on a six-fight card, 12 Fight Fax records of the boxers involved for approval, in addition to the battery of medical examinations that a fighter must be cleared on. Englebrecht wondered if there was a more streamlined process in which to do this in the computer age.
As these papers are sent to Sacramento - and they must receive all the pages - if something is missing, 'Need' is put down. But what irks many of the promoters is that when this occurs, or when a red-flag is raised about a particular fighter, that original paperwork, which is usually turned in weeks ahead of time by most responsible promoters, is then returned in many instances so late that a suitable replacement for that fighter or bout cannot be found.
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Re: Trouble With the CSAC, It's Not Just Sean Sher
by Richard Wade on Apr 26, 2008 1:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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Similar to Nick Diaz in the fact that he sent them papers in regards to his use of Marijuana. The CSAC apparently didn't get the papers and then charged him for testing postitive for pot after the fight.
by SCupitt on Apr 26, 2008 1:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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by jemaleddin on Apr 26, 2008 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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When I was in the military, they would always tell people, "if you just come forward and admit what you've done, we'll go easy on you." But they could never get enough evidence to go after people (for little stuff like drinking underage) who didn't confess, so those who signed an Article 15 were the ones that got screwed.
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