NSCA vs. NSCA?

[Bond007]

So, today I get this email from NSCA informing me that the NSCA Certification Commission has filed a lawsuit against the NSCA and its Executive Board of Directors. I've looked on the net to find out what this is all about, but came up nil. Anyone have any ideas?

[Phaedrus49er]

I got this email as well. I'm probably way off here, but I think one of the reasons the NSCA certifications are held in high regard is that they have a third-party accreditation process: the Certification Commission. I don't know the nuts and bolts of the issue, but it sounds like the accreditation process was trying to be affected by the training process.

[milkman21]

Originally Posted by Bond007

So, today I get this email from NSCA informing me that the NSCA Certification Commission has filed a lawsuit against the NSCA and its Executive Board of Directors. I've looked on the net to find out what this is all about, but came up nil. Anyone have any ideas?

Is this like those Coke Zero commercials?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfMz1ItdYzc

[Keith S.]

On September 17, 2007 the NSCA Certification Commission Executive Council filed a lawsuit against the NSCA and its Board of Directors in Colorado State court. In the suit, filed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Certification Commission Executive Council seeks to prevent the NSCA and its Board of Directors from exercising rights that the NSCA Board believes it and the NSCA have with respect to activities of the NSCA Certification Commission. The NSCA Board of Directors believes that the claims of the Certification Commission Executive Council are without merit and the NSCA intends to vigorously defend the suit. The NSCA and its Board of Directors have no further comment on the suit consistent with the policy of not otherwise discussing pending litigation.

They don't discuss pending litigation.

[jcramer]

If anyone is interested in reading more about the opinions of NSCA members regarding this lawsuit, please visit the following websites that were established as open forums to discuss these topics:

http://friendsofnsca.blogspot.com/ - Established by Dr. Joe Weir and myself in support of the NSCA Board of Directors.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/scopenforum/ - Established by Mr. David Potach in support of the NSCA Certification Commission.

There is also an ipetition (http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/s...rum/index.html) that was started by Mr. David Potach to impeach the current NSCA President.

Hopefully these websites will help to enlighten members of the NSCA regarding the independent actions taken by some members (not all) of the Certification Commission's Executive Council.

Sincerely,

Joel T. Cramer, PhD, FNSCA, CSCS,*D; NSCA-CPT,*D
Assistant Professor and Co-director of the Biophysics Laboratory
Department of Health and Exercise Science
University of Oklahoma
1401 Asp Avenue, HHC Rm 10
Norman, OK 73019
Phone: (405) 325-1371
Fax: (405) 325-0594
E-mail: jcramer@ou.edu