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Perhaps David Kane, in his-ever-so-polite way, was suggesting a greater
role for the USCF. But over the grunting and squealing I found it hard
to hear what the heck he was talking about, except perhaps that I lost
to kids too often.

It was obvious from your references to profit motive
that you have not the faintest idea of what scholastic
chess (or youth soccer, for that matter) is about. But
despite your ignorance, you are obviously hostile to it.

I wasn't commenting on Rob's feigned concern for
children, at all. However, I think the less the USCF has
to do with scholastic chess the better (the USCF is filled
with people like you, after all) However, in my state
background checks for parent volunteers in youth activities
are done by the police. I don't know how effective or
expensive it is compared with other methods, but it's
hardly something cooked up to enrich the evil and
greedy capitalists.