**** thats a stiff penalty !!
I figured this might need its own Thread.............

I speculate he could have seriously threatened a players Life or a PDGA Official. Or maybe he could have vandalised PDGA Property out of frustration from a bad round. Or possibly trash an automobile of an official. Or try to hit on one of the official's wives and ended up assaulting them.

I don't know but this Dave Mellin really screwed up.

What do you all think happened??

You start way too many threads.

Got to bide my time doing something while waiting for contract bids to come in today !!!
Anyway, back to the subject on hand.
Any Speculators on this matter ??

I don't know any of the facts, but [strictly] in my opinion, it would have to be more serious than simple cheating. That is CERTAINLY a punishable crime, but not an entire decade!

Another question: Why no probation after the 'time'?

I found this post:

www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Board=OtherPDGATopics&Number=33549&Searchpage=1&Main=33178&Search=true&#Post33549 (http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Board=OtherPDGATopics&Number=33549&Searchpage=1&Main=33178&Search=true&#Post33549)

Apparently non-payment of $2000 tournament funds possibly to either players and PDGA or both?

You start way too many threads.



He does, but Tommy is new and we should cut him some slack, imo.

At least his questions appear under the revevant 'headings', unlike many, new or not, LOL. :D

I found this post:

www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Board=OtherPDGATopics&Number=33549&Searchpage=1&Main=33178&Search=true&#Post33549 (http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Board=OtherPDGATopics&Number=33549&Searchpage=1&Main=33178&Search=true&#Post33549)

Apparently non-payment of $2000 tournament funds possibly to either players and PDGA or both?



close but not all of it...more than meets the disscussion threads

Can the full story be told? Curious Cats are dying to know...

even though i know the whole story you will not hear it from me...sorry

I heard he told some guy that he saw a disc stuck 40' up in a tree! :D

now dats hilarious! :D

I heard he told some guy that he saw a disc stuck 40' up in a tree! :D



I'm still waiting to hear from the Disciplinary Committee on that one! :D

While we are at it..I hope the PDGA BOD keeps Huffman in suspension until he pays back all debt...OKC covered him..on both the PDGA front and the INNOVA front..now it is time for him to be a man!

even though i know the whole story you will not hear it from me...sorry

No prob; I respect your privacy.

If anyone deserves a 10 yr suspension, it's Huffman. We figure he stole around $4000 from the Golfers/PDGA/Innova from that 1 tourney, plus nobody got their points, etc because he never turned in any results. Talk about a sorry sack o' trash. :mad:

Cam and Adam beat me to the punch. Since Blake only got a slap on the wrist, it must be true that Dave is quite the romancer with the BOD's ladies! :D

Since Blake only got a slap on the wrist



I thought he was the guy that got suspending indefinatly :confused:

Sorry i would go look it up but I have swore off trying to find anything on this site...lol

<table border="1"><tr><td>Begin End PDGA# First Name Last Name State Decision
</td></tr><tr><td>7/15/03 7/15/13 14739 Dave Mellin FL 10 Year Suspension
</td></tr><tr><td>7/20/2004 TBD 18411 Blake Huffman OK 6 Month (Minimum) Suspension
</td></tr><tr><td>5/16/2005 8/16/2005 25516
</td></tr><tr><td> Jason Holmes WI 3 Months Suspension</td><td> 1 Year Probation
</td></tr><tr><td>7/18/2005 11/17/2005 24206
</td></tr><tr><td> Mark Clark IL 4 Months Suspension</td><td> 1 Year Probation
</td></tr><tr><td>7/18/2005 7/17/2006 13664
</td></tr><tr><td> Cameron Rauenhorst OR 1 Year Suspension</td><td> 2 Years Probation
</td></tr><tr><td> </tr></td></table>

While we are at it..I hope the PDGA BOD keeps Huffman in suspension until he pays back all debt...OKC covered him..on both the PDGA front and the INNOVA front..now it is time for him to be a man!



:eek: :eek: :eek:...... Think he would have to get hot water before he paid those back :eek: :eek: :eek: :o:o:o

hey scott...thats the coolest avatar i have seen on this board....
frekin hilarious

I must be losing my mind, i know there was someone on the list at some point that had some sort of indefinate suspension that had a note about paying back moneis owed or something.

Thanks friZZaks, that is the first time anyone has said anything. When i saw it I knew it was the one since I have dial-up and a crappy computer and get those "X" boxes all the time :)

scott, you are not loosing your mind, i remember that too

Yup, Scott, we now have a winner in the most hilarious avatar department... all others are just pretenders......... :D

Begin End PDGA# First Name Last Name State Decision

7/15/03 7/15/13 14739 Dave Mellin FL 10 Year Suspension

7/20/2004 <font color="red"> TBA </font> 18411 Blake Huffman OK 6 Month ( <font color="red"> Minimum </font> ) Suspension





I just remembered...It was him I was talking about. There used to be a note that said that he had to pay back the debt before the suspension was ended. I am sure that is still the case, minimum of 6 months even if he paid it all back before that was up, and the suspension will stay until the money is paid back.

There was a Wisconson player that was suspended a few years ago till he paid the PDGA back.

I wonder what happen to the guys who was suspended for life????? His name is no longer on the list.

<table border="1"><tr><td>Begin End PDGA# First Name Last Name State Decision
</td></tr><tr><td>7/15/03 7/15/13 14739 Dave Mellin FL 10 Year Suspension
</td></tr><tr><td>7/20/2004 TBD 18411 Blake Huffman OK 6 Month (Minimum) Suspension
</td></tr><tr><td>5/16/2005 8/16/2005 25516
</td></tr><tr><td> Jason Holmes WI 3 Months Suspension</td><td> 1 Year Probation
</td></tr><tr><td>7/18/2005 11/17/2005 24206
</td></tr><tr><td> Mark Clark IL 4 Months Suspension</td><td> 1 Year Probation
</td></tr><tr><td>7/18/2005 7/17/2006 13664
</td></tr><tr><td> Cameron Rauenhorst OR 1 Year Suspension</td><td> 2 Years Probation
</td></tr><tr><td> </tr></td></table>



6 month minimum??? SIX MONTHS??? It's been longer than that and I haven't seen him play in a sanctioned event, so have to presume the money's not paid back. I never got MY PDGA membership money back, nor did I ever receive points for my WIN (yes, Murph, I'll always refer to that as my WIN since I probably won't ever get another one)

I didn't get points for MY win either :DHe should be suspended until he repays all the owed money and everyone at the tourney gets to kick'em in the sack.

lol!!!!

The worst part of all of it was all the new members dues he took and never sent in, along with Points..thanks goodness they weren't needed for a Tulsa Worlds that year or they may have resorted to your idea Cam.

I fully hope the PDGA keeps him out until all money is paid back, including Innova's. He can make those payments to the OKDGA and some select players that covered that so OKC could keep on golfing.

You honestly think he's worried about paying anyone back? He let his family go over 3 years without hot water, paying people back is surely not an issue. You and I both know that if my wife wasn't such good friends with his, this issue would have been resolved a long time ago ;)
Murph, I'd say there is a better chance of Billy Syphillis showing up at your door in Dallas with a fistfull of 100's /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Trash like him make the whole sport look bad.

Murph, I'd say there is a better chance of Billy Syphillis showing up at your door in Dallas with a fistfull of 100's /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif



Holding breath, turning blue...... ;)

No...Cam..I don't think he cares, but I just would like others to know what he did to deserve the suspension and hopefully justify keeping it going until he pays everyone back

so what happened to the people that may have joined the PDGA at his event did they get a PDGA#?

None of them rcvd a PDGA membership or a #...they have had to join again and pay again :mad:

of course none of them knew this until much later...

Just curious but could you explain more in detail what this person
exactly did ??

HERE (http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Board=Players&Number=215473&Searchpage=0&Main=214921&Search=true&#Post215473) you go.

None of them rcvd a PDGA membership or a #...they have had to join again and pay again :mad:

of course none of them knew this until much later...



THAT is correct, I finally paid to get my PDGA membership this year after whining about paying my $$$ to this bunghole two years ago

that is a load of crap. do you guys ever see this huffman character? sounds like its time to kick some $$ out of his AZZZ

Man,
How much in dollar amount did this character embezzle ??

Sounds like possibe Grand Larceny with felony written all over it !!

You ought to pursue him with the local Authorities...

I think he stole/profited around $4000 for the tourney. We had over 100 there. The bad thing is, he stole all that $ and STILL didn't get hot water for his family :o

but his nose had a good time :eek: :eek: :eek:

that is a load of crap. do you guys ever see this huffman character? sounds like its time to kick some $$ out of his AZZZ



I've seen him around from time to time, but have chosen to shun him, ignoring him and those with whom he plays golf now. It's a real shame how this has all turned out, but we're not in 4th grade anymore and this isn't recess...I've outgrown the 'physical' aspect of revenge for 30 bucks or whatever it cost me. It'd be different if it were an insult to my wife or whatever, but at this point losing friendships in the disc golf community here is punishment enough (for the money I lost when I paid my PDGA membership.) I can understand why others who lost more would not feel this way, but I've personally written him off as someone who no longer qualifies for consideration for my friendship, and there's nothing, including making things 'right' with Innova or the PDGA that will change that.

As bad as he is about lying, someone will get him sooner or later, we don't have to worry about it.

Mellin was suspended why? :D

I know..or atleast heard the urban myth

Blake is done...if they choose to play with him...so be it...ignore and learn...supporting/ignoring a WPOS is more tiresome on yourself, than on him

I hope the PDGA will keep the suspension until the money is paid back...

thanks for posting the original link and letter to the PDGA. and thanks to the Tulsa/OKC players and Will for signing and knowing it was the right thing to do.

Get a job, pay back the players and take care of your family!

I signed it TWICE! :D