Re: No 1 WDC Amateur League OPEN World Amateur Championships CORRECT POST VERSION
2 lipca 2008 15:08
It is IDSF policy that IDSF Member Federations, their athletes, official and adjudicators cannot participate in these unregistered competitions.
This event is also not running under IOC Rules and Regulations, that includes the Anti-Doping Code and controls of the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency).
@onyourtoes
you have correctly stressed the use of the word "cannot", which is used very cleverly instead of "must not", or, "are not allowed to" The opposite to "cannot" is "can".
In legal terms, and I am not an expert, "cannot" is a term left to interpretation, and many readers will associate "cannot" with prohibition and words such as "must not" - and "not allowed to" - and the words such as "punishment", "penalty" even "expulsion" may sneak into their subconscious.
There may be dancers who will attend the competitions which IDSF does not endorse, and challenge IDSF to act.
I do not believe IDSF would take any action, because the cost of possible punitive damages rewarded to the dancers by the courts (should the dancers claim compensation for damage to their careers, loss of time and investment put into their dance) and the chance of losing a case, would not be worth the trouble.
IDSF has lawyers on the staff and if the words "must not" could be used, I am certain IDSF would not use the rather soft "cannot".
Perhaps somebody will test my hypotheses, be it through an innocent oversight, or with a conviction and intent. It will happen, and IDSF will pull a tail between the legs and do nothing, or will try pressure the national organization to deal with the "rebels", and national organizations will not know what to do as they will not want to lose payng and/or national representatives members, and get in a legal trouble.
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