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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.

The majority of those in attendance seemed to be local MMA promoters and owners of MMA gyms. Only two boxing promoters were in attendance, Ed Holmes and Roy Englebrecht. As the floor was opened up by Garcia, Englebrecht, who is perhaps the states most prolific and respected club promoter, inquired about the, "staffing of the office," in Sacramento. Englebrecht, like many other promoters, had grown increasingly frustrated at the process in which paperwork - which green lights the fighters to appear on a show - is handled by the CSAC.

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.

HT FightOpinion

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Re: Trouble With the CSAC, It's Not Just Sean Sher
Pretty much anything associated with the California State government is going to be run inefficiently and in many cases downright stupidly.

by Richard Wade on Apr 26, 2008 1:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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Don't know if you caught Inside MMA but the panelist who wasn't Frank Trigg or the big italian guy has a beef with CSAC as well right now.

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 reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Trouble With the CSAC, It's Not Just Sean Sher
I think there are two very different situations here: the office is obviously understaffed and possibly mismanaged, and Sean Sherk is a cheater. No matter how much of a pain in the ass it is to fax things to them, they didn't make him take steroids. And for all his talk of supplements, LOOK AT THE MAN! He has injection sites on his injection sites. And considering how much muscle he packs into 155 pounds, taking a steroid used to cut weight makes a lot of sense.
-- Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ

by jemaleddin on Apr 26, 2008 4:08 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Trouble With the CSAC, It's Not Just Sean Sher
I think its less a matter of his guilt or innocence and whether or not the process was fair and well managed. Personally I think Hermes Franca is the one who got screwed.

by Kid Nate on Apr 26, 2008 6:14 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Trouble With the CSAC, It's Not Just Sean Sher
True dat. There ought to be some reward for fessing up taking your lumps. But Sean has been the one doing all the bitching. (I'm particularly pissed about his "you have to beat the champ" crap. When was Kenny Florian the champ?)

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.

-- Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ

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