Quote Originally Posted by alwaysinjured View Post
The days of carlings "boring old farts" are probably long since done. It is the best part of a decade since I was much involved, and I am sure things have moved on, although the decisions of guys like collins, at the time of Bejing, and athlete contracts that allow such people to override athletes and own coaches, complete with gagging clauses, Illustrated the mentality of that generation.

I have to say I avoid committees, for the main part I just had to live with decisions. I much preferred running a hammer event, to talking about one! I guess I also consider officialdom together, committees and senior graded officials in blazers, where in reality they are two different things.
Certainly Collins, De Vos etc are paid execs that in the main have little affinity for the sport and will come and go. They have no bearing on the volunteer committees that exist up and down the country where in some cases people are clocking up many decades.
There is a problem though - that of renewal.
Despite my relatively young years (in terms of committee folk and officialdom) I have found that the incumbents rarely get challenged.
I had team managed our NATYAL (Junior T&F) team for 5 years. The team had done very well gaining promotion and staying in the top division.
I wanted out.
No one would take the job on.
I did a 6th year and decided to resign that job.
5 people came forward to offer their services. One committee member and 4 others.