What is With the Hate for the IPF?

[chris_ottawa]

@khangles

Where’d I post that shit about Wilkes v Gaston Parage/The IPF and RIP Powerlifting Australia?

Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced/Elite Status?

Off the IPF website: "The General Assembly of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) held in Pilsen, Czech Republic 12 November 2017 voted with more than the requisite two-thirds majority to exclude Powerlifting Australia ¶, the Oceania Powerlifting Federation (OPF) and Mr. Robert Wilks (RW) from the IPF and its activities. In principle, those motions come into effect immediately. Mr. Robert Wilks raised the point that, if OPF and PA were excluded with immediate effect, it would not …

I read some stuff on reddit about this after you brought it up, Robert Wilks sounds like a messed up guy himself. There are just too many assholes in positions of authority in the IPF, and they want to make you feel like you should be honored to compete in their federation. Gaston Parage sounds like a cult leader.