It will be great to see the whole process. We don't see enough of the "background" work in the blogs and things. It may be boring for some to read, but if nobody is doing that work, then there are no competitions, so then people stop training, and then the sport dies.Asmus wrote:Me and the rest of the club have just taken the initial steps to host Worlds in 2015. This is of course a long process and many things can happen that will make it impossible to do. Here are the main threats as I see them:
- Location
There is only one location in Copenhagen that I wanna do Worlds at and that is the best one. I have a connection, they are interested and we are gonna have a meeting. But getting a huge gym for free(or close to free) is problematic even in a semi-socialist country like Denmark.
- Funding
Even with the location for free and the money from the registration fee hosting Worlds is expensive. When Copenhagen hosted Euros in 2004 the club had a huge tele-company backing it. I don't think we will be able to pull something like that off. Public funding will not get us all the way.
- Winning the bid
Worlds this year will be in Europe. It usually goes back and forth between Northen America and Europe and the late decision this year makes it even harder for NAs to go than it usually is. A strong bid from NA will be hard to compete with for next year.
As far as I see it this is the last chance for Denmark to host a big tournament in a foreseeable future. People are getting too old for that kinda stuff.
*crosses fingers*
I will try to share as much of this process as I can in here without burning any bridges.
I think these things should be more open and public to the footbag scene.
I think Copenhagen would be a cool city for Worlds, though personally I would like to see the Northern Hemisphere cycle broken. I am going to talk to the guys from Colombia and see if they want to put in a bit. I think Medellin is the best potential city in South America, they have net players, they have freestyle, they had the South American Games there in 2010, so the city is always wanting to have new world level events to use those facilities.
South American Champs there were pretty good for players, though not so much in terms of crowd. I think a world level event could be a different story. I think they are having worlds for both BMX and ultimate frisbee there next year. Just had a quick chat with one of the guys, and a 2016 bid could work well.
I think the bidding process needs some "friendly" competition, just like you have in the actual playing of the sport.
Sorry again for the typo haha
