Well, as we all know it's very dangerous to comment on message boards on any project in which you are in any way involved. I was free to give my opinion on the Colo show, as a fan who 1) loved to argue with shawn, and 2) saw hat shawn was playing the old switcheroo.
I don't feel comfy commenting on this situation. Already, after telling myself I'd avoid the Rhino/Chic issue, I did chime in when Chic was starting victory threads when he was completely wrong, so I butted in to deliver proof and well, Chic decided to "drop it".
In this situation, you'll see I'm not blindly defending anyone or anything. I stated that indeed, if you see an athletes face on a poster, it is there because a signature was put on paper giving permission by that athlete. No man would use someone's likeness without legal permission, or he could be sued for his shirt. That can go for a PDI ad, a walmart commercial, or a political party yard poster. The guys on that poster have signed something permitting their image and likeness to be used for PDI marketing purposes, right?
Now, on that particular PDI show, I do not know the details enough to speak either way, and even if I did, my involvement with web design for some of the PDI guys would make any statement unprofessional. Same with the radio show, the show schedule, etc - I'll never speak on it publicly. I know better than anyone, that anything you post on the boards can be easily misconstrued.
Do i support competition? hell yes. The more the merrier. I wish Tre' would co-found a female federation this spring and make stars out of a lot of the ladies. Then maybe another BBing federation for under 200-lbers only, in the fall of 06. There is room for growth, and anytime you have more than one company in a field, all employees and customers will make more money.
