[BD] RE: Sign Up

[Dan Knapp]

   BD,

   One of the major points I think we need to consider is that the IOC is
   trying to reduce the number of sports in the competition. This is
   because the ever-expanding number of sports has increased the
   financial burden on the host country, somewhere in the region of
   £20,000 per athlete. The IOC wishes to reduce the number of sports so
   that developing countries can more easily put together an olympic bid,
   and therefore hopefully kickstart a few developing economies along the
   way.

   Put that in the picture, and the desire to include Ultimate suddenly
   becomes rather short-sighted and almost certainly doomed to fail.

   Yes, it'd be kinda neat to have Ultimate in the olympics, but it's
   never going to happen. And good thing too, if you ask me. In my
   opinion, if it isn't a variation of running, jumping, or killing
   something, then it doesn't belong in the olympics.

   Warmest regards,

   Dan


   "I totally agree with what's been said here but here's my two pence on
   this:
   1) The events for the 2012 games had already been decided and
   finalised. I
   heard that that was done at the same meeting as the decision on where
   the
   2012 games were to take place
   2) Ultimate has quite a way to go before it can even be considered as
   an
   Olympic sport. There was a list somewhere on either the the UKUA  or
   the
   WFDF site on what Ultimate needs to achieve before the sport can even
   consider tabling a bid for Olympic status, and from what I remember,
   Ultimate only has fulfilled a few, NOT ALL of those things.
   3) The whole "recognition" thing does indeed start with schools. The
   more
   people we can get into our schools and teaching Ultimate, the better.
   However, it dosen't end there. I was at the UKUA conference at the
   weekend,
   and one of the most striking things that was said was that in the
   majority
   of cases, the University players either don't know of a team they can
   join
   once they leave Uni, or even worse, one dosen't exist in their area!
   This
   for me is also something that needs working on, otherwise, it'll be
   all well
   and good bringing the young players in, but if there's none of the
   older
   players around to bring them through, the sport would die very quickly
   indeed."
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