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Eurogames 2008: Missed Opportunity


had previously participated in organized volleyball tournaments -Or rather, ill-organized by the Association Panteres Grogues , we frankly had left a poor impression, but this time we got the illusion (and it was an illusion) that for this great opportunity of going to take Eurogames 2008 remains for the tournament was good, not spectacular tell ya. However, we were wrong. Missed opportunity and again demonstrate that they are not up to organize a European competition, even a local one. There are several factors that I mentioned: economic, organizational, sporting, social propaganda:

The economic factor

never understood, either before or after the tournament, which was charged € 69 per person (621 € paid for each team), if that change has only gained the right to play in the ineffable and a few bottles of water on the first day of the tournament, as The second day gave the same bottles the day before, but filled with tap water! When complaints to the organization launched by the exorbitant price, they said, "but you have the village, opening and closing the free." We do not tell stories. All this could leave them pretty cheap with the help of City Hall. The village was nothing but a sample of NGOs, making propaganda, which could be very good, but I do not know why I have to pay athletes, many times, especially if they are local, they have no time to go see him. The inauguration was done all by volunteers, so it was ad honorem , only had to pay the local council and I suppose that helped, but he asks rhetorically what Jordi Hereu giving speeches made there. " The closure was on the street, so it had to pay or local ... Panteres Lords, did you not give even a vile snack during the tournament, I ask where does all the money has been paid to the teams?

organizational factor

ranker Zero, using the familiar expression. The accreditation soon far, no data were the registered things had to improvise on the fly (apparently they had stolen computers, but gentlemen, that's lack of foresight, therefore organization). Second bad feeling: to make people wait more hours out of Sant Jordi and without giving anything before the parade. As for the inauguration itself, is not anticipated that began as political discourse people begin to leave? What does it matter to a Finnish handball player in Catalan discourse of the minister may or Easter? The tournament itself, we deal in the sport.

Sports Factor

I have never seen in my long experience in European competitions as a judge and organizer of the tournament. And if that was because there was no choice, never an organizer was to favor its own equipment. It would have been rude and inelegant for those teams that had come so far. However, in these Eurogames 2008, sad to say, has been the case. The coordinator of women's volleyball tournament was the same coach of the team bearing the name of the organizers, Panteres Grogues . Never been clear rules of the tournament, there was confusion even among the referees. When players approached asking abroad in English, had no Who will explain anything. That gave rise to the standard to be used more suited to the local at the time that suited them. Obviously, the coordinator justified everything that favored his team. Towards the end of the tie, and when I had to confirm which teams went into the final round the following day (because there never was a board where they could continue the partial results) announced that they had lost minutes of today's game (which so rare) and had to redo the calculations by hand. That hand, of course, could not be other than the coordinator of the event.

The propaganda factor

Lo importante de torneos como éstos, no es sólo traértelos a tu ciudad, eso no tiene ningún mérito, lo importante es hacer que toda la ciudad participe, se implique, incluso todo el país. Hacer del torneo un punto de encuentro y de inflexión en los medios de comunicación, hacer que el ciudadano de a pie pueda ir a animar a los deportistas, que se reflexione sobre el hecho gay, que salga cada día en los periódicos... En cambio de esto, hemos tenido un torneo silenciado, desconocido, una actividad más del ghetto gay-lésbico. Pregúntenle a cualquiera que esté fuera del "ambiente", o que estando dentro de éste no haga deporte, si sabía algo de este torneo por mínimo que sea. What a difference to Amsterdam! In Barcelona and in the rest of Spain has not advertised the tournament or on billboards or in newspapers, radio or internet. At least we have not seen anything.

The social factor

this league with the former, because if the population was not aware of the event, could hardly participate. But we also wanted to talk about volunteering. Apparently, at the volleyball tournament there were many volunteers who failed at the last minute. At least that's what we reported in the ineffable. These are astronomical, but they can also respond to the fact that the Association organized the event does not have enough capacity to attract, and the reasons for this inability as a matter of who made themselves a self-examination. What is clear is that a volunteer can also be discouraging when you see that chaos reigns. Smash


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