Favoritism on this Board!!!!

[Pete & Tim]

I want to explain my actions as of late on this board.

1. I did not in any way shape or form wish ill will upon Leonard or his family in my post.

What I said was this and this only....

OK.
Off Topic Please.
If Leonard is well enough to type messages on another board than the prayers must have helped.

Meaning that all of the prayers were answered and that the thread had served it's purpose and it should have been moved.
I also stated the rules of the board as I see them so clearly stated on the main page.
Off Topic Forum is to "Discuss anything of interest outside of armwrestling".

Now, Happy Birthdays, Prayers, and general Off Topic threads have been moved over to this board by the moderators in the past.

Example...

teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=offtopic&thread=1177502032&page=1

teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=offtopic&thread=1169820524&page=1

teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=offtopic&thread=1130430787&page=1

teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=offtopic&thread=1111155273&page=1

teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=offtopic&thread=1176346860&page=1

teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=offtopic&thread=1164929882&page=1

teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=offtopic&thread=1153450428&page=1

These are threads asking for the same thing as the Pray for Leonard Harkless thread.

I did not asked that they be moved there, they were moved there because that is where they are thought to belong.

Everyone wants to come at me as insensitive and uncaring but that is not the case. I was just voicing my opinion, which I am entitled to do just like everyone else.

I have noticed that select threads and topics that include Happy Birthdays and Prayers stay on the main page and the problem I see with that is FAVORITISM. Some of the threads that I have used as examples have resulted in the loss of loved ones and they were pushed over to the Off Topic Forum.

WHY?

Why are some pushed over there and not all? Don't give me the excuse that someone is an armwrestler or has been in the sport for so many years. That isn't going to cut it. If we are supposed to be an "ARMWRESTLING FAMILY", than everyone deserves the same treatment.

2. Why have I been made up to be the Bad Guy in all of this?

All I did was ask that it be moved and pleaded my case. Denise has full range now to make up things that I never said because the original thread was deleted and I can not defend against it because now no one can go and read what I actually said.

I ask everyone that has decided that I am such a bad guy, not to pass judgment on me if you do not have all the facts.

Yes, Leonard and I have a shaky past, but not once did I ever wish harm or Ill will on him. Not once did I go out to embarres or humiliate him, as he has done to me in the past. Not once did I try to come off as hurtful towards him on that thread.

So I ask that you not pass judgment on me.

3. Last but not least, I ask that the moderators of this board not be selective with what they allow to stay on the main page or what goes to the off topic forum. If you will put some then you must put them all. Show No Favoritism!!!!

I have noticed that some Happy Birthday threads stay main page and some do not and it leads me to believe that it is because of who they are.

Man Up and do for all instead of for a select few.

Have a Nice Day!!!!

[BigDaddyJoe™]

Hector Morales wouldn't have been as nice as you Pete!

[Bob Brown]

Holy crap Pete.

Do you really think it is favortism. OR possibly Kurt and Gary have better things to do then just sit and watch this board every wakeing moment of there lives. I mean really, Do you think they read and analyze every thread and post on this board. There are just not enough hours in the day. AND certainly not enough money to be made. OH wait there is NO money to be made. They do this for FREE.

NOW when someone goes out of there way to call or PM and ask something to be done. I am sure both Gary and Kurt drop everything they are doing to complete that special request. YEAH RIGHT. Possibly when they have time they will get around to it. Then OF COURSE when they make an executive desicion to do something like, OH MY GOD, censorship. Now the crap really hits the fan. And the ones who start the problem now adds fuel to it.

I woud bet you and I are on this board more than Kurt and Gary. Maybe we should be the moderators. LOL. BUT then I would remove nearly half the crap I read on here.

BTW...Shouldn't this thread be on the "OFF-TOPIC" page. LOL

[Brandy Stark]

"BTW...Shouldn't this thread be on the "OFF-TOPIC" page. LOL"


TOUCHE'

[Will Sarty]

HAHAHHAH ;D

[Pete & Tim]

You are right Bob, this thread should be Off Topic but you are wrong with your theory.

Many posts that have been moved to the off topic forum were not asked to but they were moved because it was within the guidelines of the board. All I did was ask that it be moved and I caught hell for it.

So if I am hearing you correctly, I should call and ask that the thread in question be moved.

Gotcha, I will call the powers that be when I get some free time from the board.

[Kurt Howgate]

Pete, how do you know the threads you pointed out weren't posted in the Off-Topic Forum to begin with?

[Pete & Tim]

ISn't it funny how you will ask me a question after you disable my profile?

What a funny guy.


Keep playing favorites Kurt, keep playing favorites.

[Kurt Howgate]

admin said:

Pete, how do you know the threads you pointed out weren't posted in the Off-Topic Forum to begin with?

To answer my own question....

All of those threads were either started on the Off-Topic Forum or I moved them off the Main Forum only after they were buried on Page Two, most likely.

Let it go, Pete.

Seems to me that the posts below are Get Well Wishes which were (and still are) on the Main Forum, yet you didn't have a problem with them. I wonder why?

Vern Lange accident
teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=1175267982&page=1

Vern Lange prayer requests
teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1174791453&page=1

Cleve Dean - knee surgery
teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=1172621250&page=1

Mike West - neck or back surgery
teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=1165860171&page=1

Mustafa fund raiser - updates
teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=1140019783&page=7

Michael Griffin - heart attack
teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=1135174536&page=2

Dave Devoto - pneumonia hospitalization
teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=1114474057&page=2

Arlene Sargent - heart scare
teammaine.proboards107.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=1103738308&page=3

So, I must be playing 'favorites' with those people, too?

This was my standpoint way back on August 23, 2006.
Read it. Now quit wasting my time.

admin said:

I don't think I want to create another new forum just for birthdays, prayers, etc.

If everyone agrees to post birthday wishes on the off-topic forum, that is good with me.

However, I see no problem with get well wishes on the main board, for armwrestlers that have been injured, etc.

Prayers, etc are a little more touchy subject. If someone is looking for some support from his fellow armwrestlers, is it fair to restrict them to sit in the short bus (off-topic forum)?

Just use some common sense and police it yourselves...I think regulating the birthday wishes is the biggest concern right now.

Just a reminder, the Training Forum is just there for me to archive topics, so they don't get buried and lost. Feel free to still post these type of topics on the main board. After it dies off, I will move it to the Training Forum.

Same deal with the new Results Forum. After a tourney passes, I will be moving the thread from the 'Upcoming Tournaments Forum' to the 'Results Forum'. Feel free to still post results on the main forum. Eventually, someone will copy and paste the results to the proper thread on the Results Forum, which will be chronological order.

Holy &*%$, I have to get back to work.

[Pete & Tim]

As soon as it hits page two, move it!!!!

friendly letting it go.

[Craig Brought]

wow is everybody p.m.s'ing it just kidding But kidding aside I do see both points of view an agree Kurts retro post does sum it up nicely an also agree with Pete's Idea that some stuff should just go thru the PM's. Now with that said "can't we all just get along"

[Pete & Tim]

No

[Bob Paradis]

Pete, your last post should have read: NO ;D

[Pete & Tim]

No, I got it right

[Craig Brought]

I'm sorry its that way