Bianchetti and her view on the American lack of influence in the ISU

[sybyl]

George Rossano of Ice Skating International has conducted an
interview with Bianchetti, available here:

http://www.soniabianchetti.com/cracked_ice/Rossanointerview.html



Bianchetti suggests that the US has had little influence, in the ISU because thay have never become familiar with the officials of the rest of the world, their politics and their interests. The smaller ISU Members have the same voting rights and the speed skaters because of numbers have more voting rights and more influence on the politics of the organisation. In essence she suggests that it is because of ignorance that the Americans who despite providing the most money for the sport, have not the power to introduce policies that can eliminate cheating. "They were defeated on thier desire to introduce open marking."

[LittleBitSk8er]

Thanks for that post. I do not know why the USFSA and the controlling bodies do not just up and leave the ISU and form their own new and improved skating union. I am sure someone somewhere has thought of that.........

I mean if all the figure skating governing bodies rebelled what could the ISU do to the skaters. They would have no money would they? I'm being evil again...:twisted:

:lol:

[loveskating]

George Rossano of Ice Skating International has conducted an
interview with Bianchetti, available here:

http://www.soniabianchetti.com/cracked_ice/Rossanointerview.html



Bianchetti suggests that the US has had little influence, in the ISU because thay have never become familiar with the officials of the rest of the world, their politics and their interests. The smaller ISU Members have the same voting rights and the speed skaters because of numbers have more voting rights and more influence on the politics of the organisation. In essence she suggests that it is because of ignorance that the Americans who despite providing the most money for the sport, have not the power to introduce policies that can eliminate cheating. "They were defeated on thier desire to introduce open marking."

I suspect this is true...and nothing works when you refuse to negotiate, to sit down and try to understand the problems and position of the other side, when you are ALWAYS thinking you are the only one with a problem and starting wars all the time!

I know from being on a Union negotiating team, that both sides start off hating one another, feeling defensive, angry. Then, if you can just focus on one problem honestly, then all the others start to become clear, you begin to understand that your "enemy" is not an enemy, just someone who has a BIG problem, and you even try with all your might to help him/them solve it because you are both in this together, its in the interest of both sides to solve all the problems, step by step, one at a time.

I think they behave like, in a marriage, someone will not take the garbage out, and instead of discussing why that is, and how to get the frigging garbage out, someone takes the issue all the way to the level of divorce. Of course, you can't solve any real, concrete, practical problem when you are always going to the level of divorce! You can't even discuss them!

[sybyl]

'I do not know why the USFSA and the controlling bodies do not just up and leave the ISU and form their own new and improved skating union.'

I think that is what the WSF was aimed to do.

[loveskating]

my poor brain...now here I thought we HAD open marking, yet the charges of coruption were constant since 1994...seems to me that all open marking does is give the media a chance to attack specific judges, while not attacking others who by the marks alone might seem to be corrupt? For instance, I will NEVER understand the marks for the Ladies SP at 2002 Olympics.