Snailmailing may be 80's, I grant you -- but the ECTA and other sanctioning organizations make the money necessary to run and coordinate events by, among other things, selling rulebooks. That's the truth, and while it might be possible to put the book online and sell access to it -- this is a racer group, not a webmaster club, and since it's still pretty easy to mail a check -- you're not likely to find the book(s) published online any time soon. I know that you can purchase other groups' books online -- but hey, they're out in the west and do things differently from the East Coast gang.
I know, just a little light humor
I didn't even bother with a check, just put $10 in the envelope
But than I had to go find one of those things called a post office, and get a stamp too
I have nothing but respect for the guy's that take on running these events
In these LawSuit crazy times, I can't even imagine taking on that kind of responsibility
Must be out of pure love of the sport
I saw on the news, the other day: some clips from the story
The “Lawsuit Zeus,” also known as “Johnny Sue-nami,” filed a lawsuit this week in federal court seeking an injunction to stop the Guinness Book of World Records from naming him as the person who has filed the most lawsuits in the history of mankind.
Those include lawsuits against New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, former President George W. Bush, Somali pirates, Britney Spears and Martha Stewart, according to a Wikipedia page dedicated to Riches’ litigious exploits.
He’s also filed lawsuits against Plato, Nostradamus, James Hoffa, “Various Buddhist Monks,” the Lincoln Memorial, the Eiffel Tower and Three Mile Island.