Re: Questions for Blas Lugo and Eric Hecht

Voice of Reason wrote:
> On Feb 7, 1:39 pm, Wick <[email protected]> wrote:
> >On Feb 7, 12:29 pm, "Voice of Reason" <[email protected]>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Sam criticizes Blas and Eric for failing to pay guaranteed prizes
> >> but the plain truth is that the prize amounts were not guaranteed.
> >> Sam does not even pay his apartment rent.
> >
> >This is just incorrect.  The prize fund was 70% guaranteed.  The
> >organizers paid out only 50%.
> >
> >The organizers of the Miami Open failed to honor their guarantee.
> >
> >The "voice of reason" has actually made Sam Sloan seem accurate in
> >comparison.  Neat trick that.
>
> There is an Act of God clause within the agreement governing the
> size of the prize fund.
>
> God acted.
>
> End of discussion.
>
> It is to be so hoped that you are less negligent when advising your
> clients, Wick.
>
> Deer has actually made Parking Tickets judge Brian O'Laugherty seem
> accurate by comparison.  Neat trick, that.
>
> (alt.privacy.anon-server removed from Newsgroups: list where Deer
> inconsiderately placed it, replaced with a newsgroup more suited to
> discussions about Sam Sloan)


Nonsense. There wasn't any hurricane preventing players from coming to
the tournament. The organizers argued that the _possibility_ of a
hurricane might have _discouraged_ players from coming. The real
reason they reneged on the prize fund was that they had a lousy
turnout. If a small organizer did that, he'd be stomped on. Letting
Lugo and his associates get away with it was disgraceful. This has
nothing to do with Sloan (he didn't originate most of the arguments he
made). It's a question of integrity.

It's not clear that the USCF can do much to get the prizes paid, but
at the very least Lugo (and perhaps Hecht, one of his backers, though
that's not so clear) should be held up to public contempt. So should
ignoramuses like you, who defend them.