Hey, the weather is really bad and it is a slow news day, but, Bill Amick resigned from the AMA (under duress?) today and his letter of resignation was pretty scathing of the current leadership in the AMA. He said, of that leadership,
"I will be candid and acknowledge that I have become more and more disillusioned with the manner in which the AMA has been managed in recent years. Even if I was up to the work at hand, I can no longer muster enthusiasm for the task in the light of the association's misdirection by a scandal-ridden board with a track record of ruthless meddling with its human resources and for hiring incompetents.
I don't have the stomach to continue to represent an AMA which has no place for the likes of Ed Youngblood, Greg Harrison, and other quality leaders who have been fired or forced to resign so that a handful of small people can try in vain to fill a void in leadership with their inflated egos.
The AMA's influence as a key member of the international motorcycling community has trended downward since the retirement of Ed Youngblood. Three CEOs and one interim CEO later, the AMA ranks as the FIM's No. 1 inside joke rather than its most influential national federation."
Strong stuff from someone who served the AMA ably for 30 years. And what were the scandals? (Dirt riders want ALL the dirt!)
Stu