Okay some of you may say that Dancesport England is IDSF and EADA is BDC. Is that the case here? If you think that is the situation, you only need to look at the composition of the Board of Directors of EADA and Dancesport England. They are similar.
Can you join Dancesport England directly without being a member of EADA? You cannot!
From my analysis of the situation, Dancesport England is as dead as the DODO bird so far as international dancesport is concerned. From the BDC stand point, the Mecca of Ballroom dancing MUST be in England and no where else in the world.
The most honourable thing for Dancesport England to do is to resign from IDSF! Look at David Corefield's letter especially the last line " our hobby and your business will be permanently damaged or even destroyed". What a joke, he looks at dancesport as a hobby, and the other look at it as a business. None of them care to look at the sporting aspect of Dancesport. That is how IDSF sees it, a sport.
I do hope David Corefield and Dancesport England just terminate their affiliation with IDSF.
There is a silver lining to all this, at least IDSF knows that EADA are not at all a sporting body and as a hobby, it fits well with BDC " Dance for Pleasure and Love it Forever". A decision has been made and so be it. Without doubt BDC will accept the prodigal son back to their fold, and they should.
As for IDSF a word of advice, a National Sport Association like Dancesport England cannot be subservient to another body. How can they possibly chart their own directions or carry out the policy of IDSF when they are answerable to a body like BDC, who are hostile to IDSF? Next time I do hope they will choose their bed partners carefully.
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