Wow, this is all over the boards! On CBS Tar10 blog site there are definitely some unhappy former racers. Executives are going to do what they want to do. I wonder if the same execs that made the decision to exclude former winners were the same Wonder Licks that decided to give us TARFE that only left the U.S twice.
All of us have our favorites we would like to see on an Allstar Edition and reasons who should be on and who shouldn't. The best way probably would have been a vote by the fans with all ex-racers elgible. Diehard TAR fans like us would have loved to decide who would be on TAR Allstars. After all, websites like these give us the forum to sound off on what we like and dislike about the show. Toad, Michel, Earl, Cahaya, Sittem, and everyone else here, I respect and would love to hear your opinions on the Allstar Edition. There are definitely some worthy racers that did not win so it will be interesting to see who the final 11 or 12 will be.
My family and I truly love this show and will continue to watch for as many years as CBS continues to air it and it is our hope that the ratings do not suffer because many TAR fans were turned off by the teams that were picked. We have made new friends from Australia and Chile just by visiting some the same places were TAR was filmed. Believe me these fans are just as passionate as we are. Up until 2000 we had never traveled outside the US or Mexico. Since then we have traveled to Germany (3 times), Holland, Italy, Chile and Cancun, Mexico for the first time, which were due in part to the Amazing Race. Next year we hope to travel to Spain and Portugal. I have a dream to see Victoria Falls some day.
Anyway, before I keep rambling on anymore I would like to ask Phil, Bertram, Elise, Jerry, and all the Execs at CBS not to mess to much with an excellent product. The 4 Emmys speak for themselves.

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