WHEN men’s team in cross country is clearly without FIS has resolved its dispute with Petter Northug, does not plan for next winter so clear yet. But just what can you disregard after Petter wept with joy and relief over four World Championship gold in Falun:
•• Now he is about as he will at the negotiating table.
And this time it is okay for all parties.
DA board of FIS a year ago made it impossible to get going and World Championships having said no to place on the national team, was opinion to be done with the tiring bickering with anyone who would decide in Northug camp. The discussion about the transitional arrangement from the private COOP team to the national team had been going on almost continuously for an entire year, and skilederne was thoroughly tired of a private arrangement they perceived both as fussy and threatening.
The timing of such a settlement was seemingly perfect. After the debacle in Sochi Olympics seemed Petter weakened both inside and outside the track. This was the occasion to put a clear limit to the private teams who would not cooperate with associated; Thus a chance to solve a fundamental issue in a most personal way.
First today it is easy to see that the strategy was completely wrong.
FOR Northug WRC success changed more than anyone could anticipate. This was due not only all the gold medals, although they themselves were fought in breathtaking view.
The decisive was perhaps the fine way Petter tackled these triumphs on. How he showed emotion and weakness, and consistently refrained gloat over to stand again as the great victor. Then the tears came on the podium, it was before so divisive Petter Northug first time a unifying cross king for the preserved ski nation Norway.
Afterwards it has been more than tricky to refuse him to go in national costume.
HOW sitting FIS stuck in a decision they suddenly should not have done. The squeeze sets conditions for talks that included Northug team and is going to give Petter opportunity to get the sporting season he will.
At the same time exactly what skilederne also want:
•• In this conflict will all really give Northug maximum frames to perform on the track.
The challenge has been to combine this goal with taking care of the national model that has made Norway to the world’s best cross nation.
THE last consideration is nevertheless the most important. In all sports, it is crucial that the community controls the various national teams. Private clubs and agreements should help the long-term work; not tear down a more or less brief own profits.
It was why skistyret one year ago clogged the last loophole for private runners who would have both COOP worlds. Now it ironically possible to give Petter exactly it without risking anything other than admit that this decision did not work so smart after all.
Two years after Petter broke with the national team, it is easy to see that precisely skifellesskapet is stronger than ever. The results are excellent, solid economy even without Northug in the stables and all the other relevant runners have agreed to participate further:
•• How has skistyret and Norwegian Ski Federation already achieved what was intended
What we stuck up as a possible crisis for Ski-Norway when Petter Northug selected Coop instead of the national team, was actually turned into something quite different. Norwegian cross country has never been more popular, and an almost total sport is poised to hold that position for years to come.
Then it should be possible to let Northug get to be just as special as he is, Forget a decision that was completely wrong and fix it handy so that the best master runners competing together for Norway also next winter.
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