ucfdiver
Contributor
Last I checked, NO ONE is checking to see a sidemount card. The NACD is just providing a course to students who wish to further their education, is that an issue? If they were out petitioning the state parks to require it, I'd be more likely to agree with you, but they (nor anyone else, including instructors) are doing that.The answer to that question is easy. MONEY.
If you email the training link on the NACD website about training in sidemount that email will be ignored (I did a few months ago...nothing...)...