Protest against sanctions taken on the Swedish World Agility Open (WAO) agility judge, Nils Lindqvist, by the Swedish Kennel Club (SKC)
Nils Lindqvist “Nisse” judged at WAO 2014 and as a consequence of that, the SKC took his judging license.
This is wrong!
Not only is the decision bad for Swedish and European agility, but it is also against the rules of the FCI and the European legalization.
The WAO is the first international agility event created and managed by agility competitors (Greg Derrett and Monica Percival). It is not run under the auspices of any agility organization, and therefore, is not a FCI related event.
In a letter dated the 20th September 2012 FCI’s lawyer, Aurore Jansen, stated:
“.... in FCI, none of our rules precludes someone (even a judge) from attending a competition organized by an association which is not member of FCI....... FCI has never taken any sanctions against a judge, handler or « an other » for having attended a « non FCI » competition. The FCI has no right to take sanctions against individuals.”
A similar case: In May 2011 the Swedish Competition authority (Konkurrensverket), due to the EU-legalization, ordered the Swedish Automobile Sports Federation to change their rules so that they no longer prevented licensees from enrolling in, attending or holding positions at motor racing championships that have not been sanctioned by the Federation. The Swedish Competition authority clearly stated that demanding loyalty to the Federation was against the competition laws.
We sincerely ask the SKC to reconsider the decision to take Nisse’s judging license and to do the right thing (according to both FCI, EU-laws and agility competitors) and let him continue with his remarkable work he has put in to dog agility.
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Reached 1,000 supporters
November 3, 2014
October 19, 2014
The feedback from the agility community stays strong. I am currently compiling all the legal precedents to force a formal response from the board.
Reached 100 supporters
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76 Comments
There is no logical reason to remove a qualified judge from the judging roster of any organization! Judging is a tireless, sometimes thankless job. To punish a judge, when it is against the rules, looks poorly on the organization that took the license away. United States
Total madness. Why punish someone for being involved in the wider agility world? We need more people like Nils not fewer. Sweden
Reinstate NIls , he is a gent and a true sportsman . He is a loss to agility judging
Agility is a wonderful sport and all organisations within the agility community, both national and international, should all be supporting each other and not making it difficult for their own members to experience other countries and organisations. Ireland
Ridiculous decision by the SKC. Nisse is a great judge and doing this just hurts the sport for everyone in Sweden. Let the man judge.
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Protest against sanctions taken on the Swedish World Agility Open (WAO) agility judge, Nils Lindqvist, by the Swedish Kennel Club (SKC)
Nils Lindqvist “Nisse” judged at WAO 2014 and as a consequence of that, the SKC took his judging license.
This is wrong!
Not only is the decision bad for Swedish and European agility, but it is also against the rules of the FCI and the European legalization.
The WAO is the first international agility event created and managed by agility competitors (Greg Derrett and Monica Percival). It is not run under the auspices of any agility organization, and therefore, is not a FCI related event.
In a letter dated the 20th September 2012 FCI’s lawyer, Aurore Jansen, stated:
“.... in FCI, none of our rules precludes someone (even a judge) from attending a competition organized by an association which is not member of FCI....... FCI has never taken any sanctions against a judge, handler or « an other » for having attended a « non FCI » competition. The FCI has no right to take sanctions against individuals.”
A similar case: In May 2011 the Swedish Competition authority (Konkurrensverket), due to the EU-legalization, ordered the Swedish Automobile Sports Federation to change their rules so that they no longer prevented licensees from enrolling in, attending or holding positions at motor racing championships that have not been sanctioned by the Federation. The Swedish Competition authority clearly stated that demanding loyalty to the Federation was against the competition laws.
We sincerely ask the SKC to reconsider the decision to take Nisse’s judging license and to do the right thing (according to both FCI, EU-laws and agility competitors) and let him continue with his remarkable work he has put in to dog agility.
PLEASE NOTE YOUR COUNTRY IN "COMMENTS"
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
November 3, 2014
October 19, 2014
The feedback from the agility community stays strong. I am currently compiling all the legal precedents to force a formal response from the board.
Reached 100 supporters
October 13, 2014
76 Comments
Canada - FCI has tried this in the sports car racing world on several countries over the past years
There is no logical reason to remove a qualified judge from the judging roster of any organization! Judging is a tireless, sometimes thankless job. To punish a judge, when it is against the rules, looks poorly on the organization that took the license away. United States
Total madness. Why punish someone for being involved in the wider agility world? We need more people like Nils not fewer. Sweden
Reinstate NIls , he is a gent and a true sportsman . He is a loss to agility judging
Agility is a wonderful sport and all organisations within the agility community, both national and international, should all be supporting each other and not making it difficult for their own members to experience other countries and organisations. Ireland
Ridiculous decision by the SKC. Nisse is a great judge and doing this just hurts the sport for everyone in Sweden. Let the man judge.
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Canada - FCI has tried this in the sports car racing world on several countries over the past years