Operabob. There has been a climb down in the Banning of the Dutch Championship by the NADB whose mother is the IDSF. Read from Sammy Stopford on Dancesport UK who quotes the IDSF. We pledge that we cannot and will not punish ban or prevent our countries athletes from participating in your event. The matter had been taken to court by a Mr.Jones. So there is no misunderstanding Sammy Stopford opposed the ban. Just incase the way I wrote sounded otherwise.His letter is headed " Unstoppable Freadom ".
Just to add a bit more. When you wrote . If you work for other groups we wont employ you. I think I should point out that I am not employed by the IDSF and you aren't either. In fact I pay them. As it was neither of us could have dance in the Dutch Championships without being banned.Which I have said is probably not legal in law which has been, I think, proved correct.

I'm fascinated by this discussion. Of course, like all competitive dancers, it affects me. I think i must be very naive on this because there are some things i don't understand.
Say you have a country with 2 amateur organisations running dancesport competitions. Dancers 'register' as competitors with one of the 2 organisations.
Why would either of these organisations prevent their registered dancers competing in the other organisation's comps? Surely if all the dancers could dance in both organisations' competitions they would both benefit from increased attendance.

Ser,

I wasn't mis understanding or disagreeing with you at all.

You posed a good question for discussion and I was just over pontificating on my impressions of the situation in general.

OB

Phil. If anybody takes the trouble to look you will see that The name IDSF will be replaced. Already in their sights under their own admission is Cheerleaders. Carnivale Wheelchair and Line Dancing. I am not saying the IDSF don't do a wonderfull job. But they are supposed to be looking after Amatuer Ballroom Dancers and not to create another branch within their society to take over Professional Dancing who have their own organization. To me this is possibly why the name change is on the cards. Most of us are not intersted in the politics. So we sit back and let it happen. Afterwards it is too late.They have already proved how vicious they can be by threatening to ban the Dutch titles. That was untill that scheme fell apart. If I go on a bit here. Those competitions which the IDSF did name and ban, especially those in Canada. Maybe the Canadians should sue now.