Dear Simon/Richard,

Heard the radio programme and Simon's views with great interest plus following the white paper issues. However, unfortunately Europolitics have got someone else writing about sport now so my only hope is to get something into the TV channel France 24. That I'm trying but they don't seem to want to 'bite'. If either of you have ideas of great controversy (where France is hurt badly or is hurting badly), that would be welcome so I can pitch  it to them again. While I'm doing so, I'll try to add a point or two about the real problems facing sport. I'll call you if I get the chance (and if you can both leave a phone number) but this is often very fast-moving in that France 24 seem to decide at the last moment that they want something. Any major comment you have would be welcome by email although I don't expect anything.

Some MEPs have signed a letter to the Commission saying basically that the white paper does not give sports organisations any legal certainty and leaves decisions to the ECJ. Particularly lamentable, it seems to me, that they still haven't made a decision on whether UEFA's home grown players' rule is proportionate or not.

Rgds,
Julian


 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Simon Chadwick <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, 11 July, 2007 4:10:58 PM
Subject: Re: Radio Programme

Radio Programme
Richard,
 
Thanks for this - I missed it completely.
 
The guy who interviewed me confessed a) to not knowing very much about sport; and b) to knowing even less about the European Review. I think both of these bits of information are telling, especially as the BBC was involved.....clearly the Review has been afforded low priority by the Corporation.
 
To follow up Borja's postings as well, having recently been involved with Play the Game, members of which are drawn from across Europe, I get no particular sense of the Review being an issue, a concern or a priority. This is not a criticism of the organisation or the people involved. Rather, in combination with the BBC coverage, it tends to suggest that many people believe other items on the sporting agenda are currently more important.
 
Finally, I am literally just back from Roehampton where I was lecturing on a summer school programme for sports students from US universities. Trying to explain how we Europeans 'do' sport was a tough task. Many of the students, a bright bunch, seemed utterly bewildered by what I was saying (although this could have been due to my Northern accent). Clearly, members of this forum, myself included, have some hard work ahead of us.
 
Have a good summer.
 
Best wishes.
 
Simon.
 
Dr Simon Chadwick
Co-Director - Birkbeck Sport Business Centre
Programme Director - MSc Sport Management and the Business of Football
Editor – International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship
Birkbeck
University of London
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HX
 
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From: Sport and the European Union on behalf of Richard Parrish
Sent: Tue 10/07/2007 08:38
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Radio Programme

This may be of interest:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/analysis.shtml

Regards,

Richard
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