Pigeon master Ioan Cărmăzan reacts to the increasingly frequent changes made by the FNCPR leadership. He is of the opinion that in the Marathon category too many rules should not be imposed, because it is quite difficult and does not need restrictions. Also, Ioan Cărmăzan considers that the federation does not take into account the fact that it must be a “forum that makes decisions in favor of pigeon fanciers and pigeons, not in favor of preconceived ideas or on matters of force:. It is not a democratic structure, but made on friendly interests, on all kinds of stories, that's why what you see happens ".

The opinion of the pigeon master Ioan Cărmăzan is all the more important as he is one of the best Marathon players, Olympic champion and multiple national champion, but also former president of the Union of Pigeon Federations in Romania (UFCR) - the only pigeon fancier entity until 1994 He is dissatisfied with the more and more frequent changes that are made in the championship - the reduction of distances, the elimination of the Extreme Marathon and Extreme Marathon Palmares categories, etc. "The problem is not that the number of Marathon stages has been reduced, that there are three stages, the big shame is that the Funds are flown at 500-600 km, that is, a kind of masked Demifond is made. Suddenly, the pigeon is taken and taken at once to over 800 km, it's not okay. The Fund category is threatened in the Bucharest area. At the Marathon, there are those that are, you can't change them, because if we are not allowed to fly to Ukraine for border, war reasons, we will have to go through Poland, and there are mountains. In the case of those in Bucharest, if it's a beautiful day, they cross the mountains and come at 3, 4, 5 in the afternoon, they enter every day, if it's foggy and the ceiling is low, the mountains don't cross, it's harder. On the Ukrainian side, it is much easier because it is a steppe ", explains the pigeon fancier.

"Everything must be in support of pigeon fanciers. She should dominate, she is the queen, not the federation "

He believes that “problems in the Extreme Marathon should not exist. It is a category that should not be made much change because it is quite difficult and includes distance, not rules and restrictions. Being a category from 800 km up, in Romania, the problem is the distance and the relationship with the distances, the other problems with the divisions and what makes the federation, in my opinion, are stupid because where you can play with close distances , people have to play. I agree that differences of more than 50 km disrupt the smooth running, but there are also competitions in the world where the differences are also 100 km, see the case of Barcelona, ​​which has 900 km for the French and for some Belgians and Dutch - 1200 km and yet , by convention, accepted the flight. In the end, making some rules, that that county flies with the other county, seems a little abusive to me. Everything must be in support of pigeon fanciers. She should dominate, she is the queen, not the federation. The federation is just a forum that tries to establish some rules, it exists on the principle of the existence of pigeon lovers. If they do not exist, the federation does not exist. If pigeon fanciers do not pay taxes, the federation has nothing to pay for their travel. So the federation should be a forum for decision-making in favor of pigeon fanciers and pigeons and not in favor of preconceived ideas or force matters. That's not correct".

"The last rule was also established in Bucharest, people are panicking, running from right to left"

And yet how is it that the federation makes decisions that are not to the liking of pigeon fanciers? The problem is this: the structure of the committees is done in such a way that there are a lot of "yes man" people, "we take that one on the committee because he's a 'yes man', that is, he always says 'yes, yes' that at any vote one votes as one or the other wants ». That structure is not democratic, but made on friendly interests, on all kinds of stories and then what you see happens. If it were a democratic structure, any president, no matter how small the club he represents, would have access to speak and maybe that would not happen, but for now we are in this situation where all sorts of things are done. of rules. The last rule was also established in Bucharest, people are panicked, they run from right to left, the composition of the clubs changes from a stupidity. But it will return to her. I think that for the time being it is probably not only Bucharest that is targeted, there are other areas as well. You have to go to the nearest club, but it's not okay. Democracy means freedom and if you have the opportunity and you can fly to whatever club you want, you go and fly. I don't think it's okay to fly to the nearest club. But the forum becomes punitive, it says "don't go there, you're not allowed". There is no such thing anywhere in the world. It takes order and discipline, but some tolerance. The pigeon fancier system is the boss, not the driving force ", explains Ioan Cărmăzan.

"Those who lead, take advantage of a bunch of people who say 'yes' to whatever they say."

The conclusion? "The more rules we make, the more we disrupt it, or pigeon-loving is an old story, we all go through it. I was president too, and I know we're all going through it. One way or another we have to leave something. At least I inserted the plastic rings and made big trouble. They boycotted me and I didn't sell half of them. Some smart people came and said they could do it too, but they forgot that the secret of the rings was the ink on the paper. When they poured plastic over the rings, the document deteriorated. The Romanians who surrounded me then and made my days dark were these intelligent people who believed that anything was possible. From these are perpetuated, come those who have nothing to do at home, the pupincuriists, those with their heads bowed, «yes man». Serious people don't have time to go to meetings, to freaks. And then those who lead, take advantage of a bunch of people who say yes to whatever they say ", concludes the master pigeon fancier.