Olympiad Criteria- Rumour hot off the press.

A little bird told me that the selection criteria has been emailed out to be tabled for ratification on June 10th by the committee of MCF.

The rumour is that the current NM is eligible together with 2 other criteria. The Presidents choice and ratings. Since this is just a rumour as I do not have a copy of the criteria, lets just consider this as a story.

In this story, the Presidents choice is really Greg's choice and a trainers choice. Lets face facts, the current President has no clue who to choose. Ratings is also really a political choice. Look at the last SEA games criteria. The player that got in based on ratings was actually very low down on the rating scale. It's very easy for the person  choosing according to ratings to miss a few names till he gets to the name he wants.

And our culture is not to make waves, not to question and so the players chosen will be fait accompli. In this story it is also interchangeable; Presidents choice and ratings are interchangeable. Both can be political appointments or trainers choice or Secretary's choice. Many hats. Which choice will bring in more votes at the next MCF AGM? Tough. All in the hands of one lonely man to decide. 1 place from selection and 4 on his strained shoulders. Such a burden.

Does this sound right to you? Lets help the man out. I think NM Roshan is the only one deserving to go. So I hope someone in the committee will stand up for the real players. This criteria should not be passed. This is not chess and not a happy story.

Ref: Here.

Does this proposal make more sense? Here.