GCN should be DQ'ed at DK?

Wow! Little heated in here. As an event organizer myself. They broke the rules and that’s that. The organizers should have planned for their own personnel taking the camera crew around or simply Disqualify any aid caught. If the camera crews the organizers provide aren’t good enough for The mighty GCN then that’s to bad.
Sounds to me like the hype the greed the popularity of racers the companies the organizations attending the DK are getting to the organizers & the city itself. Overcharging gouging and hardly giving anything to it’s participants.

No matter how big you get remember how small you used to be! Or small you will soon return to be.

Keep it real keep it original keep it about the adventure the challenge the story the struggle & the conquering of oneself Athletic limit.

I believe in creating the suffer & the recover for each and every participant including their family friends and fans. They take the time to plan & pay for travel just to get here. Having providing discounted lodging and an all day festival or after party is what we do here in Wyoming. Maybe my opinions are rare because of where I am. Being the least populated state and the state nobody really knows outsiders I’m meaning. We here welcome all and are friendly to all. I understand the logic of hey people are going to come we might as well raise rates etc. to make the best of them. However if your a good organizer you’ll work with lodging and your city to get behind you and create something special for all and provide a gift for all not just the SUFFER.

Me personally. Nobody can beat me in a race 100 or 200 miles long! Why? Because I’m racing myself. Nobody can take my joy because I enter an exit my own darkness and exit it on long rides. Gravel Grinders are supposed to be about the adventure not the race. Yes we reward the fastest strongest men and women however all are rewarded for coming here after the races. Exploring, adventuring and discovering your inner self is why I organize my events. To promote healthier happier lifestyles and provide ways to push people to their limits then bring them back to peace with live music 🎶 cold beer 🍺 & of course MEAD!

Cheers

thumper88 wrote:The issue is not the moral character or motivations of the original poster. The issue is not whether she had a film crew, or whether, as one of you seems to think, she's a better person than the original poster due to her age and gender. I haven't seen any video of Nys or Voigt taking liquids from their film crew on course.
The SOLE issue is, was one of the few, and central, rules of the race broken. If you don't want to address that, fine, but anything else is irrelevant.

Perfectly stated. The back and forth regarding the rest here is unnecessary.

[QUOTE]Wow! Little heated in here. As an event organizer myself. They broke the rules and that’s that. The organizers should have planned for their own personnel taking the camera crew around or simply Disqualify any aid caught. If the camera crews the organizers provide aren’t good enough for The mighty GCN then that’s to bad.[QUOTE]

The DK200 is a huge event with several things going on simultaneously. Much of what they do is based around a trust of folks which is sometimes not placed well. Perhaps this GCN deal was one of those places. As an organizer and as a person who has been around the industry for a while now I can see the reasons why the DK folks did allow GCN out there. I would imagine that they aren't very pleased with this, knowing them as I do, but it is what it is now. And in the end, it really doesn't matter with regard to this year's version of the DK.

But with GCN's following, this does paint a picture for those watching this that the DK runs things in a way that allows support from team cars and the like. To my mind, this is the issue that will possibly cause headaches for the DK Promotions folks going forward. That is a problem they have the capabilities to overcome., so hopefully this won't be anything the typical DK contestant will ever have to see going forward.