Do the Math!

As we are gearing up to “save” the development of polo players in America, has anyone done the math on that prospect?
Do you realize that if the number of American players rated at 5-goals or above represent only 11% of the high goal ranks. More importantly, if you removed all of the foreign players (yes, [...]

Canadians are foreigners!

That’s the bottom line.  Forget the fact that they operate no legitimate national association of their own (only a creation that would allow them to compete in the FIP) or that they rely upon the USPA for handicaps and rules.  Forget that a number of Canadians have served, and continue to serve on many of [...]

The National Polo League? What a joke!

Go to www.nationalpololeague.com and you will be startled by the opening four notes of Monday Night Football.
You will be told that the National Polo League is identical to the structure of the NFL (National Football League), but you won’t be told that there are no stadiums to house each of the seven “franchises” listed.  You [...]

No player left behind

This post has been offered by a reader of ths blog:
Clubs must keep established players. But too many players not only drop out, they drop out with a bad taste in their mouths. Established players are polo‛s history. Their presence creates a richness and atmosphere that would otherwise be lacking. On a more tangible level, [...]

Kris Bowman, Because the USPA Staff Isn’t Big Enough

Most of us received a letter from the PTF pleading for contributions so that it wouldn’t have to trim its (bloated) staff, but apparently not enough of you felt the compulsion to support a PTF staff that has grown tenfold over the same time period that our membership had been decreasing in size.
Well, the USPA [...]

Changing of the guard at Eldorado PC

From time to time I will post a comment from a reader.  This is one of those times.  Thank you Polo Mafia:
Rumor on the exercise track is that there has been a new Board of Directors elected at Eldorado PC. What does this mean for the Club? It does conjure up a few threads of [...]

Time for George Alexander to Go

For years George Alexander served as the Circuit Governor of the Central Circuit of the United States Polo Association as we watched the level of play slowly erode and important club after important club shut down.
He managed to place himself on committee after committee with no positive discernable results as polo attempted to move forward. [...]

TIME FOR THE USPA TO ACT

I may be naïve in assuming that the USPA is being operated professionally, but I can’t help but wonder why the “new leadership” has made no major moves since assuming their offices.
It may be difficult for them to grasp the concept that against all logic and every concept of democracy, the Association’s Constitution Committee Chairman, [...]

Eldorado Bailout?

I’m tired or reading about how much the PTF does for polo, about how many kids are learning the game and about how its clinics are reaching across the nation (Hawaii included) with one of the largest polo facilities in the country is in trouble.
We seem to have “experts” at the helm when it comes [...]

Congratulations Nero and Company

One of the smartest decisions in polo was made when the Argentine Polo Association elevated Juan Martin Nero to 10-goals. Forget the fact that he was named MVP of the Argentine Open or that his Ellerstina team won for the first time against the 40-goal La Dolfina machine. You just have to understand how badly [...]