Guys, first any organization can (and will) have a bad day where there are numerous crashes. You could easily have come away from recent NESBA events saying what a crashfest, we had a life flight, and our policies don't work, or whatever else happened that put a dent in your fun.
Multiple crashes don't mean that STT's policies don't work, it just means they had a bad day. We all have the occasional bad day, and I feel for anybody running an event who is having that experience. Regarding their policies I think they do work quite well...for them. Our policies are different obviously, and they work quite well for us. If everybody had the exact same policies and procedures you wouldn't really have very many choices as riders would you?
Brad, you didn't like what you experienced and I get that and you like the way we do things better, but for everyone who likes NESBA better there is another guy who likes STT better; this is a pointless, endless circle...its always been this way and always will be as long as we are both around. I'm glad they are there to provide an alternative to the people who just don't like the way we do things and they probably feel the same about us. The way it is now you can choose the organization that you feel most comfortable with and ride only with them; many riders do this. We also have many riders who like us both and ride with both.
NESBA gets bashed constantly on the interwebs for numerous reasons. Most of them based on a person's experience, that while valid to them, usually doesn't tell the real story (probably what we have here). As directors and staff we rarely engage these people because you just can't win that type of argument and it just keeps things going and going. It doesn't mean we like it, it just means we aren't going to engage in an internet argument that we can't win. That's what is being set up here, an internet argument over who is better STT or NESBA, and neither NESBA or STT will win if this turns into a drama thread. I'm not going to allow that to happen so keep that in mind.
I'm going to say again, we both have our place. If you don't agree with a policy don't ride with that organization if you feel strongly enough.