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RE: [RC] Dubai and no Val? - bobmorris

When I was young, it was called personal honor and
sportsmanship!  Today, the lack there of is called business.

Bob

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID 

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Subject: Re: [RC] Dubai and no Val?



There is a big difference - the professional athlete gets

a very nice 

salary plus maybe incentives with the contract. If the

USEF is willing 

to fork out maybe a million buck with the contract - I'm

sure there 

would be a lot of people interested in FEI in this

country.

Sorry, but I don't believe a commitment really has anything
to do with dollar value--it has to do with the character to
follow through.  As Angie said, this is not a comment on
what has gone on in the past, or on Val--but it is a
statement about where we should go in the future.

If I tell the little old lady next door that I will come
chop her wood next week for nothing, that is still a
commitment, even though it doesn't have a million dollar
price tag.  What Angie and I are both saying (at least I
think Angie is saying the same thing I'm saying) is that if
someone nominates and gets to the point of being on the
short list, that is a commitment.  Stuff happens--horses get
injured, other sorts of athletes get injured, etc.  But the
commitment says that you will make your best effort to get
the job done, no matter what other tempting offers come down
the pike.

It's a sad world where the commitment level depends on how
many dollars one is paid...

Heidi



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