by wally318 on Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:17 am
Well UCI was first formed in early 1900's I think to represent pro riders being abused.
Just another form of unionism, but like the AAU has long outlived it's usefullness.
Back in the late 60's runners like Steve Prefontaine were very outspoken against AAU
and by the mid to late 70's the US government abolished it.Situation is slightly different
with UCI, but esentially the same, power hungry.
If for a start all pro riders would stop paying dues to UCI, and then follwed by national cycling
federations. Their source of funding would dry up, and they would dissapear.
If Pro riders got together and organized themselves and formed their own association, sort of
a non union type of union, and people of the different countries lobbied their respective
federations to opt out of UCI, it might be possible to do.
Just think... if the UCI had of been busy with bigger issues such as doping, instead of witch hunts
to people like Graeme Obre and the like, we might not be in this mess.
And maybe we wouldn't have rules like 6.8 and 3-1 etc.
AEROLITUS-defender of the faith