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According to CyclingNews, McQuaid and JV have been trading email.
In an email seen by Cyclingnews, McQuaid wrote to Vaughters:
"I have had enough of this High Moral Ground from you and I am refraining myself from writing exactly what I am thinking.
"Enough to inform you that when I have finished with the teams today you will have plenty to "reflect" on and communication will be the furthest thing from your mind!!”
I really wish we had the text of the whole correspondence.
All the same, a preponderance of the evidence over the past few years is that McQuaid is straight loco. And, you know, I'm inclined to agree with him on the radio thing, but it's clear a majority of the riders don't. And the teams sure don't. And given that reality, how can you expect to "lead" when your constituency* so adamantly opposes your policy?
Time to look in the mirror, McQuaid, and make a change...
*It's tricky to pinpoint who McQuaid's "constituency" actually is. I suppose an appropriate parallel might be to say that McQuaid is like a public school board (all of it) and the riders are like the students. It's a shaky metaphor (for a number of reasons), but the point is that McQuaid is NOT directly accountable to the students, but it's still his job to lead them. If he does not have their trust and respect (which it seems clear he does not), then he's failed.
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Nathan, if public school boards were actually accountable to students...
That being said, McQuaid is a nincompoop of the highest order and absolutely drunk with power. He just keeps referring over and over again to the fact that they have the power, they are connected to the race organizers, they set regulations for equipment, racing, etc., they have the power. If Jens Voigt feels strongly enough about it that he wants to lead a boycott of worlds, clearly that is reason enough for me to give up my spot this time around...
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