So here we are talking to Dean Brenner on his cell phone, and Brenner is telling us, "There have been suspicions of secret deals. I'll look anybody in the eye and say, no. But we never shied away from saying that men's keelboat was a priority for us, and that's because we believe it affords the US team our best medal chances. ..."
I find it disappointing that he only tells part of the story here. What he omits is the reason they believe it affords the best medal chance - not because they think the US has a fundamentally more competitive position in keelboats, but rather because they think they can raise more donations for the team if they have a keelboat and since they are so dependent on these funds believe that this will be instrumental in ensuring that the team will be better prepared to win than with a multihull. It's a perfectly cogent argument. I just wish he would make it openly instead of feeding us only the part of the story that avoids the conclusion that the multihull community have been badly treated.
