Whats funy, is that almost all the winners at the Nationals/ USA/ NA are virtual unknowns with none of the things you've mentioned...and history shows that most of the time the favorite DOESN'T win.
Last years Nationals is a great example...Kucklo in the SHW (the favorite) barely makes the cut, while a virtual unknown (McMillan) wins the whole thing...Jeff long wins over favorites Lee Banks/ Fred Smalls.....Tamer/ Branden Ray both failed to win their class...etc, etc..
you a more astute observer of the sport then i am.............i cant name any instances where something fishy happened at the USAs or Nats
but two very recent events that come to mind as being egregiously corrupt in their judging...........either that or that judges were totally blind would be the Team U where Fem BB Haley MCNEFF took the win in her weightclass...........th
at was a bad one, she looked like garbage and just cause she is the new darling of the sport, and has been harboring a lot of buzz, and cause she is pretty........she showed up looking like shit and beat girls who she could not hold a candle to
and just last weekend at the teen Nats where that arrogant retard won just cause he is sponsored by gaspari and trains with kevin english at weinberger's gym over that cody kid who fuckign dominated him..............nick medichi shouldnt have placed in the top 3
events like this cast a negative shadow on the whole organization............
there is not an argument that can be made about different judging criteria, or different judging panels................ev
eryone knows nick midici and haley mcneff had those contests in the bag before they even stepped on stage, they both looked like shit, looked like they were not even in the running, but somehow won