2004 Weyerhaeuser AuSable River Canoe Marathon
Competition
Committee &
Infraction/Penalty Information
Following is a brief overview of the function of the
Competition Committee and of the rules infraction and penalty guidelines for
the 2003 Weyerhaeuser AuSable River Canoe Marathon.
COMPETITION COMMITTEE:
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The Competition
Committee will be comprised of 5 primary members and 1 or more alternate
members designated by the AuSable Marathon Organizing Committee.
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A minimum of three
members of the Competition Committee are required in order to meet for
consideration of potential infractions, penalties, protests, etc.
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A majority of the
competition committee [and/or alternates standing in for primary members] -
three votes - shall be required for a decision.
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If three [or four]
members meet and there are not 3 votes for a decision [a majority of the
5-member Competition Committee], consideration of the matter will be tabled
until other member[s] or alternates can be brought into the process in order to
achieve a three-vote decision
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Prize money will be
withheld from the affected team[s] until the Competition Committee reaches a
decision. Marathon results will be
identified as "preliminary" until the penalty/protest process is
complete. Prize money will be distributed to the other teams,
pending outcome of the penalty process. Supplemental prize checks will be
distributed if the outcome of the race is changed by the penalty/protest.
INFRACTIONS AND PENALTIES WILL FALL INTO ONE OF
TWO CATEGORIES:
[1] UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCUT [USLC] - The penalty may be a time penalty or range up to
and including disqualification.
Consideration to given to whether unintentional or intentional and also
to the degree of advantage gained by the infraction. All USLC infractions and penalties will be considered as to how
they would potentially affect EVERY team in the race if that team were to
receive the same penalty, so that the Competition Committee can attempt to
ensure that the assessment of penalties will be consistent and precedent
setting whenever they are imposed.
AMONG THE
RULE-INFRACTIONS/PENALTIES IDENTIFIED BY THE COMPETITION COMMITTEE AS
UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT:
6, 8, 10, 13, 14
[2] DISQUALIFICATION [DQ] – AMONG THE RULES/INFRACTIONS SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION
ARE:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7,9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18