There really isn't much "Deed" left about the AC. There was certainly nothing "Deed" about the Framework Agreement many were touting as the best thing for the future. Seems when Oracle were defending, the Deed was an antiquated piece of paper that had no place in 2017, but now that ETNZ are defending, the Deed must be complied with to the letter, otherwise they have a problem.
Agree, it's definitely antiquated. Even CiC has become relatively meaningless, and even if you apply it to native-born Designers (where the emphasis traditionally was) since they can access thinking from anywhere in the world now.
They didn't link it to what the deed is actually about, what they stated was "in recognition of the fundamental condition of the deed of gift that the cup be preserved as a perpetual challenge cup for friendly competition between foreign countries, the protocol will contain a "constructed in country" requirement for competing yachts AND a nationality requirement for competing crew members" None of that is disingenuous. It is only disingenuous if you want them to follow the DoG to the letter. After all the only thing linking the CiC and the Nationality clause to the DoG in the ETNZ statement is the fact that there is no full stop after the competing yachts sentence. If the sentence containing the Nationality clause was a new sentence, the two would no longer be linked. But come on, now you're splitting hairs.
Yes, the ATEED CEO was there - supposedly using his own cash but probably not; but not using Govt funds either way. Got asked about it somewhere. Is ATEED the budget the recent $5M came from?
No. ATEED is funded by Auckland ratepayers, through ACC. The $5 million came from NZ taxpayers, via central Government.
Ok, fair enough argument but most punters won't see it that way, they will (ignorantly) instead assume crew Nationality is linked to the Deed, with it being just barely separated from "constructed in country."
I think Dalton said it wouldn't be 80% (in the press conference IIRC. That leaves us with either something closer to 50% or position-specific requirements. I'm not sure I like restricting positions, so i hope for the 50% number which gives teams plenty of flexibility.
No, most punters who care about the deed will know the two aren't linked, and will see the statement for what it is
While you may relish in that 'crying' fantasy I suspect RC will simply do whatever the heck he wants to, be it involved with AC36, or even other sail racing teams, or not. He can afford to make any choice he wants and absolutely will stay happy.
Stingray you are most likely to be correct. You will have to forgive me, like many Kiwis who loved the cup RC betrayl cut deep, hence the real hate. However no matter how much I hate this [email protected]@t he has the right to come to NZ and be in peace.
I wouldn't credit Russell with any of that. It was pure genius on the part of ETNZ to design and successfully build, test and race a foiling machine. It was revolutionary, and something I think ETNZ is not given enough credit for. It was the Kiwi's who introduced foiling to the Americas Cup, something Oracle tends to take credit for. The one thing we can credit Russell for doing (depending on who you talk to of course) is switching from one hull, to two. The design package which was envisioned was not to foil at all. It was just smart thinking on the part of ETNZ to take advantage of a loophole in the rules to allow the boats to foil. That was not Russells vision or Russells design. Again, Russells vision failed, he touted a Framework Agreement as the way forward, which is now null and void. He stopped free viewing of races, and faces a backlash from thousands of unhappy fans. Again, it was the Kiwi's who took the game to the next level. Not Russell.
Keep it up. 