Ratts Tyerell Foundation

The Ratts Tyerell Foundation was an organization that attempted to outlaw podracing. It was composed of people who had lost family members in the dangerous sport. The Foundation's chairman was the Aleena Deland Tyerell, son of Ratts Tyerell. His safety crusade gained significant momentum and successfully lobbied for course modifications on over twelve worlds. By 13:2:28, the Ratts Tyerell Foundation succeeded in pressuring the planet Caprioril into banning podracing completely. Podracing insiders alleged that the accomplishments of the Foundation was merely a convenient cover for an authoritarian crack-down from the upper levels of the Republic government, though this claim was flatly denied by the Supreme Chancellor's aide, Sate Pestage.

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