Did I? I don't recall saying that (Insert Jeff Sessions joke here). I remember saying that the PA court case trying to obliterate the past few years of IPF results was just a way of getting a legal response, not a serious attempt, but if I did say that, just point me to the specific post.
If I did say that, obviously I guessed wrong.
Either way, I am a currently competitive powerlifter. You are a member of a forum. Nothing else. This is a bodybuilding forum with sections for powerlifters, bodybuilders, strongman & crossfit. You do none of those things. Mebbe turn up on Mondays to do chest and look in the mirror.
If you want to pontificate on about your personal views on a fed that has somehow made you run off in tears to your mommy, maybe show us why your point of view has some sort of valid basis. At the moment, you are acting like a child on the sidelines taunting others who are having a tough time in a football game.
Like a child, you are unable to see the much bigger picture. Disenfranchising both a national federation and hundreds of individual athletes over a personal spat then creating another federation completely divides the sport within Australia and weakens both the national sport and international representation.
While powerlifting will never be as popular as other lesser sports, such as tennis and swimming, that's fine. Each to their own. But diluting the talent pool will never make the sport stronger.
An example of that is the dominance by NZ in rugby. Its a tiny nation with a population about equal to the city of Melbourne. Rugby league is played there too, but not nearly as popular. Meanwhile in Australia, our rugby pool is diluted by aussie rules (AFL) and the flaggotty NFL popular in NSW & Queensland.
But anyway, put up or shut up. You talk the talk, how about you walk the walk? Get on a platform (any platform for phuksakes) and gain some sort of substance to your opinion.
At the moment, Gerry (@spartysucks) has far more credence than you. He trains, he has goals, he is a member of a federation and he has a goal to get back on the platform. Again. Meanwhile, you seem to be the Sheldon Cooper of the forum, having learnt to swim on the lounge room floor while watching Youtube tutorials.
My offer to pay for your powerlifting comp entry fee still applies. No excuses.