A purely hypothetical, but potential situation.
Your club is using multi-sports grounds throughout the year. The other sports using it are all amateur, and you all have an equal (one vote) share in the overall association. Now, one of the other sports informs you that their local organisation is insisting that, where there is a clash between their fixtures and the usage of any other sport, their fixtures must take priority, even at short notice (for, say, a rearranged fixture). Simple? Well read on.....
Your overall association, like most these days, is working on a knife edge. If any of the sports were forced to leave, the resultant drop in membership and associated income would be likely to force it to close. Alternative venues for your club have been explored in the past, but nothing suitable was found, ironically all involving being subsidiary to the demands of other sports.
Obviously, there is a potential conflict brewing. In such a conflict, would you expect your county, region, or governing body, if you approached them for support, to:
As I say this is hypothetical at the moment, but there could be trouble brewing here between two other sports - not us for once - and we might need a battle plan!
Your club is using multi-sports grounds throughout the year. The other sports using it are all amateur, and you all have an equal (one vote) share in the overall association. Now, one of the other sports informs you that their local organisation is insisting that, where there is a clash between their fixtures and the usage of any other sport, their fixtures must take priority, even at short notice (for, say, a rearranged fixture). Simple? Well read on.....
Your overall association, like most these days, is working on a knife edge. If any of the sports were forced to leave, the resultant drop in membership and associated income would be likely to force it to close. Alternative venues for your club have been explored in the past, but nothing suitable was found, ironically all involving being subsidiary to the demands of other sports.
Obviously, there is a potential conflict brewing. In such a conflict, would you expect your county, region, or governing body, if you approached them for support, to:
- Say "You're on your own, mate"
- Say "You have our full support, but there's nothing we can do"
- Actively support you in discussions with the other sport's organisation (and what could that active support involve)
- Something else - what?
As I say this is hypothetical at the moment, but there could be trouble brewing here between two other sports - not us for once - and we might need a battle plan!