> Craig: Curmodgeon mode: on > > Rob: you bet it is: > > > Craig: That is exactly how you'd do it if you wanted to take control > over a sport and become the de-facto authority for bestowing > credentials. You would get your own people involved in every symposium, > give them maximum exposure to the most potential students and get > maximum exposure to media. In fact, it's a classic move. Get in first, > get in quick, and get established. > I was involved in the early days of SCUBA certification. Everybody jumped on the band wagon for certification under the fear of "it's going to be a legislated sport." Not long, insurance was in control of the certifying agencies. The agencies all required instructors to carry insurance...not to matter if the instructor was "judgment proof" anyway, as most were. It was no longer a personal decision. But, that made it even harder to make any money instructing and the instructor turnover increased. One of the directors of one of the certifying agencies that was instrumental in bringing insurance to the agency retired on a sailboat in California. I don't know if the insurance connection made this possible, but he ended up living what seemed to me a comfortable life. Cheers, Robert Cline *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 21 2009 - 06:57:15 PDT
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