Slamdunkpro
Babbling Farker
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2007
- Location
- Northern VA
Waiting on an official release, but basically they apologized, agreed to make it right and promised more transparency going forward.
"Sorry we got caught" ???
Waiting on an official release, but basically they apologized, agreed to make it right and promised more transparency going forward.
How much money did the teams lose?
Place your bets!Be watching to see who emerges from the February BOD meeting as the new President....
KCBS said:The KCBS Board of Directors has realized the mistake it made by modifying the 2017 Team of the Year payouts without properly communicating the decision to our cook team members. In no way was our decision meant to marginalize the tremendous effort put forth by teams competing for Team of the Year points.
In light of this, we have made the decision to pay out the additional money needed to match the levels that were paid out for 2016 Team of the Year.
We apologize for the way this situation was poorly communicated and appreciate the continued support of our cook team members.
Sincerely,
KCBS Board of Directors
Corrective action taken
No. It'll probably be more "Ready, fire, aim"Yeah right, you honestly think this will stop all the closed session BS that was the cause of this "mistake"? I'm sure there is a lot of other things the members have been taken advantage of that we don't have a clue about? Oh, at least we have a newly remolded office building.....
I've followed this thread fairly closely. It's not been but 7 years that KCBS has awarded prize money for team of the year. It was a board decision to give back to the teams, since there was an infusion of cash from sponsors. It was not intended to be a permanent thing, but an award if the funds were available. Mistake of last year's board was to not communicate the prize pool when it was set. I applaud them for recognizing their mistake and rectifying it.
Okay, going forward, if the "extra" money is gone, shouldn't the cash award go away? I think it should. Let's face it, there's more bragging rights to ToY that can be spun for long term benefit to the winners. That can boost prestige, which leads to more dollars at Travis' new venture, Tim's product line, Brad and Darren's restaurants and not to mention Big Poppa Smokers (did you see his cooking record?).
I remember under Don Will's ToY method, when no team knew their standing until the banquet. Lotta Bull, Debbie Davis, told me years ago that it was more fun then. I believe I agree with her now. I think many things in the last 10+ years have made KCBS competition more serious and less fun. But that's a whole different thread.
It's highly unlikely with my cooking record, that I'll ever see top 25, so there's truth that I've got nothing to lose with no cash award for ToY. It's unhealthy not to communicate with members (shame on the board) on any matter. Ultimately, I want KCBS to be financially viable and continue to sanction contests for as long as I'm able to hook the cooker on the back of the van and GO!