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title: My Take on CLRG's Cheating Scandal
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date: 2022-10-05
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This was originally part of my
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[technical analysis / explainer](2022-10-04-CLRG-cheating.html)
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post,
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but I've moved it here because it's just opinion.
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Trees grow up *and* down. The part of the tree you can see is only half of the
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organism: for every meter of Siberian Elm tree I can cut down, there's a meter
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of Siberian Elm tree I need to dig out, and digging is way more work than
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cutting.
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I suspect that this racket is deep-rooted and widespread. I imagine the most
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likely outcome will be a lot of social media posts, some funny T shirts, a few
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resignations, maybe some people getting banned from events, and that's about it.
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The only adjudicator this document proves is corrupt is the whisleblower who
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sent in the screen shots. Even people named in these messages stand a decent
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chance of escaping consequences, if they play their cards right.
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Don't forget that you need a lot of certified adjudicators for things to run at
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their current scale. They can't just fire everybody and start over: they need
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their current instructors to train up new ones. And if this document is
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representative, half of their current instructor pool is already compromised.
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There's no way to ensure this scheme won't be a part of the new adjudicator
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training.
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Somebody is going to have to deliver a candid presentation to the board, or
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whatever they have, about the reality here. The corruption is probably so deep
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that they won't be able to take any significant action without destroying the
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whole organization. And this is just going to embolden the bad actors.
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After time passes, the presure from some of these intense and monied parents
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I've met will resume, and everything will be back to the way it was before.
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Sure, there will be some casting changes, but the system that's been built up
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for years--possibly decades--is going to persist long after the furore dies
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down.
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We may, however, see a renewed interest in some of the smaller Irish Dance
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organizations like CRN, who already seems to be making some moves.
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