Merryprankster
10-21-2002, 02:47 AM
At this weekend's Grappler's Quest Championship in New Jersey, one of Tiger Schulman's competitors (don't laugh. He has a VERY competitive grappling team. Say all you want about his karate--his grappling teams ain't half bad) possibly slammed his opponent, which is illegal in most sport grappling comps. The referree (Francisco Neto) and the matside judges decided it was a slam and disqualified the Tiger competitor.
Well, the Tiger coach matside went APE**** and said "OK, that's it, we're going home!" Neto tried to take the coach aside and explain his reasoning, and the guy started YELLING at Neto, posturing, chest forward, and I could see the fire light in Neto's eyes. Fortunately, somebody--one of the matside judges, got in between them, because that would have been the VERY last mistake the Tiger guy ever made. Neto's a really nice guy, but he probably would have torn the Tiger fellow several new orifices, just for good measure.
Anyway, Tiger Schulman was THERE, gathered his team, and went over to talk to the promoter and I overheard Tiger use the word "honor," about 5 times. I almost fell over I was laughing so hard. This is the same guy that got into tax trouble because he lied about the nature of his business (claimed his chain of Tiger Schulman dojos weren't franchises).
The promoter behaved like a class act, stood by Neto's decision, and refunded the TSK guys who hadn't competed yet.
This is such an "honorable," tactic from Schulman and his school--he knows it costs a lot of money to run these things because of the insurance rates, and he knows when he brings 50-60 people, he's got financial clout. So he's using the time-tested formula I've seen so often out there: I don't like your decision, so I'm going to take my ball and go home.
What an absolute *****. It's a sport, there's a ref and sometimes he's going to make a call you don't like. You talk to the promoter and maybe ask that that individual not ref your matches anymore.... but you don't behave like a whiny spoiled brat that was just told to get out of the cookie jar. I was on the receiving end of at least one questionable call this weekend, and I may have lost one match because of it, but I didn't ***** and whine about it--them's the breaks!
The worst part is that 60 people walked out that door believing, deep down, that Tiger was doing the right thing in "fairness," and "honor."
Well, the Tiger coach matside went APE**** and said "OK, that's it, we're going home!" Neto tried to take the coach aside and explain his reasoning, and the guy started YELLING at Neto, posturing, chest forward, and I could see the fire light in Neto's eyes. Fortunately, somebody--one of the matside judges, got in between them, because that would have been the VERY last mistake the Tiger guy ever made. Neto's a really nice guy, but he probably would have torn the Tiger fellow several new orifices, just for good measure.
Anyway, Tiger Schulman was THERE, gathered his team, and went over to talk to the promoter and I overheard Tiger use the word "honor," about 5 times. I almost fell over I was laughing so hard. This is the same guy that got into tax trouble because he lied about the nature of his business (claimed his chain of Tiger Schulman dojos weren't franchises).
The promoter behaved like a class act, stood by Neto's decision, and refunded the TSK guys who hadn't competed yet.
This is such an "honorable," tactic from Schulman and his school--he knows it costs a lot of money to run these things because of the insurance rates, and he knows when he brings 50-60 people, he's got financial clout. So he's using the time-tested formula I've seen so often out there: I don't like your decision, so I'm going to take my ball and go home.
What an absolute *****. It's a sport, there's a ref and sometimes he's going to make a call you don't like. You talk to the promoter and maybe ask that that individual not ref your matches anymore.... but you don't behave like a whiny spoiled brat that was just told to get out of the cookie jar. I was on the receiving end of at least one questionable call this weekend, and I may have lost one match because of it, but I didn't ***** and whine about it--them's the breaks!
The worst part is that 60 people walked out that door believing, deep down, that Tiger was doing the right thing in "fairness," and "honor."