All this talk for the last two years on NSCA registered shoots is the entire reason why I don't shoot registered any more. I've just had enough of it.
The good-old-boy scenario pack, guys covering each other's back.
I just stand in the back and watch what's going on, pulling multiples over, scoring targets broke in the tree limbs, do overs, what crap.
I'm stuck always doing the right thing but not others as long as no Cop is there to slap anyone down. It's like watching people doing 75-mph in a 55-zone and never any Cops around to write tickets. Twelve to fifteen years ago I felt all the events I went to were pretty much on the level, but not anymore. And what did they gain, points? They gained nothing! If these same guys went to a legitimate controlled registered event, they would all fall flat on their very embarrassed face. Master Class has become nothing less than a joke. If a club can't have trained referees, they can't have registered events. If a trained referee is caught padding somebody's card he loses his state permit. It would be a simple thing to have a ["paid"] traveling referee pull and score registered events. Two referees per club, $100 per referee [not a hosting club member] but paid by the hosting club. No squad goes out on the course without an official-ref.
I know, there are lots of you NSCA shooters that think this is crap. But then, it's entirely possible you might bring back the lost serious shooters that follow rules, and a little dignity back to this decaying sport.
Just try playing a PGA tour event without referees, ain't gona to happen.
Mike
PS: Just watch now, all those shooters holding $6-K to $12-K shotguns, buying a skid of shells in their $100-K Suburban, and driving hundreds of miles for a sporting event will be the first to complain about paying a referee to keep them from cheating. Ironic don't you think?