Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "America's Cup: How Prada Cup racing will continue under Covid-19 alert level 2 | Stuff.co.nz" video.

  1. So you think you can bend the rules to your advantage when you are competing with Italians, because they are Italians, so you are allowed to cheat? Fair play is reserved to superior races? How self-entitled can you be? INEOS has to RACE to make a comeback, not hide under the blankets, and what the Italians are saying is "Get out and RACE!". Isn't it funny?
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  2.  @nonobebert7646  Alleged problem: the public will not be able to attend the event from the shore. Real goal: allow INEOS to not race in a light wind weekend, when LR is favoured, and giving to whoever wins less time to prepare for the challenge with ETNZ.
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  3.  @jimhood1202  Ineos Team statement: "The solution put forward by ACE is sensible in ensuring both the safety of all in New Zealand, and the integrity of the sporting competition." So they supported the delay.
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  4.  @timmedcalf1357  Strange "think" indeed, since ACE publicly released a statement to the press accusing the COR to not have honor or respect for the host country. That because the COR prefers to race by the rules. Again. Since any change of rules is not neutral, the host can cautiously explore with the teams the possibility to change them, with anyone agreeing with the change, as it had been done with the wind limit. But, if there is not that possibility, if one of the teams feels to be damaged by the change in any way, then rules are rules, and the proposal shouldn't even be publicly mentioned. Instead of accusing of unsportmanship the ones that prefer to run the competition by the existing rules. THAT'S WHAT ACE PUBLICLY DID. None entitled Tina Symmans to give people patents of "honor showing". So: 1) Tina Symmans has no ground trying to postpone what COR36 is organizing. ACE is a logistic organizer and not the event organizer of the Prada Cup; 2) Tina Symmans, has insulted Luna Rossa team and COR36 to be dishonest and much more. See her childish statements released 5 mins before today's press conference; 3) Tina Symmans knew since November 2020 that in case Level 3 is lowered to Lever 2 the races had to re-start immediately without delay. The races could have restarted today and did not due to ACE fault. Could have restarted tomorrow and that's not possible due to ACE fault. Races are scheduled to be restarted on Saturday with 48 hours of delay unless, according to some rumours, something else will happen tomorrow to further postpone the races, due to ACE fault; 4) Tina Symmans should know that her own government is allowing citizens, residents and tourists in Auckland and New Zealand to walk without masks, eat in restaurants and do a normal life with the famous social distance. Masks are mandatory only in public transportations; 5) Tina Symmans should know that her own government is allowing sporting competitions to be held without problems; 6) Tina Symmans instead can not ensure that Level 3 is not going to come back again, after Friday 26th further postponing the Prada cup; So Tina Symmans can go kick rocks. Who behaves like that does't deserve any further communication.
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  5. After Tina Symmans' statement, I'd keep an eye on ACE's behaviour in the next days (and weeks, if LR is going to win this stage), since it's very likely they'll try to sabotage the LR team, had they the possibility to do so. It's pretty clear they are no more neutral, if they had ever been, and have chosen a side to work for.
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  6. Had Auckland thought hosting the America's Cup to be such a burden, they should have handed it so someone else. There would have been a LONG, VERY VERY LONG, row of cities that would have PAID to host the competition, with or without public ashore.
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  7.  @timmedcalf1357  Covid rules signed by all the teams and ACE in november provided the races to be run with level-2 alert. They should have thought of it then. Had they thought hosting the America's Cup to be such a burden, they should have handed it so someone else. There would have been a LONG, VERY VERY LONG, row of cities that would have PAID to host the competition, with or without public ashore. Even in november. Even in december. Even in january. They didn't. Now it's up to them to host it by the rules. Since any change of rules is not neutral, the host can cautiously explore with the teams the possibility to change them, with anyone agreeing with the change. But, if there is not that possibility, if one of the teams feels to be damaged by the change in any way, then rules are rules, and the proposal shouldn't even be publicly mentioned. Instead of accusing of unsportmanship the ones that prefer to run the competition by the existing rules.
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  8.  @timmedcalf1357  ACE signed those very same rules. Since any change of rules is not neutral, the host can cautiously explore with the teams the possibility to change them, with anyone agreeing with the change, as it had been done with the wind limit. But, if there is not that possibility, if one of the teams feels to be damaged by the change in any way, then rules are rules, and the proposal shouldn't even be publicly mentioned. Instead of accusing of unsportmanship the ones that prefer to run the competition by the existing rules. THAT'S WHAT ACE PUBLICLY DID. None entitled Tina Symmans to give people patents of "honor showing".
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