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...Harvard is ridiculous," although true, won't really tell you why the team wins or loses. I can spout some Truth after seeing one contest (the 6-5 overtime loss to RPI), but it's not fair to judge anyone on the basis of what he does in decrepit Troy, N.Y., where Zamboni-watching is more exciting than the nightlife...
...athlete before a body whose rulings can be both absolute and arbitrary. The AAU seems to have been purposely harsh in enforcing the code for the first time since it was adopted in August 1977. "It is our contention that these kinds of things won't happen again," declared Troy, in a telephone interview from his home in Chula Vista, Calif. "If it does, either the swimmers are pretty foolish or we have a code that's unenforceable...
Despite assertions by both Troy and subcommittee member George Haines, highly acclaimed coach from Foxcatcher A.C. in Philadelphia, that the vast majority of athletes and coaches applauding the rulings, there seemed to be some muffled dissatisfaction with the trivial nature of the offense in the one case and the harshness of the penalty in the other. "I don't see how they have the right to do that to Marc," said Gina Layton, who was unwilling to comment on her own case, but "had no idea why the penalties were so harsh for those two (Tallman and Foreman)." Layton...
...Thursday's pre-meet press conference that this was done at the request of the swimmers--although on Friday night Caulkins said that she, for one, had made no such request. So it remains unclear whether the request for secrecy was initiated by the swimmers or the AAU; Mike Troy, when pressed, would only state that it was done "with the approval" of those swimmers present at the hearing...
...silence points to a seeming contradiction in the way it handles public reaction to its vast authority. "We have nothing to hide," claimed a slightly annoyed Mike Troy in reference to the many questions raised about the AAU's decision to eschew disclosure of the full details. "I just think it's unfortunate," he added moments later, "that this thing got out in the press...