USA Fencing Hall of Fame/Morehouse kerfluffle
Leaving aside some of the gobsmacking comments sections, I am frankly stunned that Phil Andrews and USA Fencing would fumble the ball this badly.
This federation already has an image problem, and now this clusterfuck- the top vote getter for the 2027 athlete HoF slot, who gets almost as many votes as the other two nominees combined... doesn't win. The addition of "objective criteria" is blamed for the loss.
"Objective criteria?" What the hell is that? Sounds like the opposite of objective, if it's what I think it is. But of course no one can say, because it was a double-secret vote count. Uh huh.
Nothing against Ibti at all, I think she's amazing. But if the situation were reversed, and Tim was elevated above her or Nicole when they got more than double the votes, there would be a crazy outcry.