"DelusionalCleary@Yahoo.com's Email to KG
Email sent on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Sent to citymbinfo.com, tbrnews.com, kindagood.com, easyreader.info
It is about time that the local papers look into Kevin Cleary’s war against the AVP. Kevin has been known to exaggerate his own importance in the world of beach volleyball and to twist the facts to make an argument. For example –
Kevin Cleary has not played in 30 Manhattan Beach Opens as he claims. BvBInfo.com, the official database of the sport shows that Kevin has failed to qualify for the Manhattan Beach Open since 1993. How he gets to 30 MBO’s is a mystery. He would have had to played in his first one in 1968. Not bad for a fourth grader!!
The changes proposed by the AVP do not restrict any number of local players from the event. Everyone can play there way through the qualifier as always.
The changes proposed by the AVP do not significantly reduce the number of matches played over the weekend. According to Tournament Director Matt Gage, the number of matches over the entire weekend would be reduced by less than 15.
Kevin also claims that the AVP is ruining the tradition of the Manhattan Beach Open. Maybe so. Let’s give Kevin this point. Let’s wind back the clock to the events of the past and do it Kevin’s way. So to start let’s –
1. Take the women’s plaques off of the pier – He was quite vocal about the fact that they should never be there.
2. Tell Kerri and Misty to take the weekend off – Kevin was quite vocal that the traditional Manhattan Beach Open was “always a men’s only event.”
3. Go back to side-out scoring – of course, someone will have to tell NBC not to bother to show up since no one will be able to predict when the matches might finish.
4. Refund money to the sponsors – no TV, no sponsors. Besides Kevin, who needs prize money? In the old days a six pack of beer and a frozen yogurt were enough for the champs, right?
Now there is a way for Kevin Cleary to have played in more than 30 Manhattan Beach Open events. If the “qualifier” were actually a part of the actual tournament, and apparently, Kevin feels that it is. If this is true, the the AVP proposal would only eliminate about 10% of the matches of an average Manhattan Beach Open. Not a significant amount of matches as Kevin has been claiming.So which is it Kevin? You are the greatest living player still competing in the Manhattan Beach Open and the AVP is only reducing the MBO by 10%, or the AVP is destroying the tradition of an event that you haven’t really played in since 1993?
By Dan | 26 May 08 |
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