zenica Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Why nobody knows the email or fax number of Michel Platini? Is there someone around from France who maybe can provide the requested information? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted November 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 As I have seen Franz Beckenbauer has a lot of people in his luggage like his old friend Fedor Radmann. There are a lot of other people in the organisation which would have also the right to join this voyage. The football organisation is not a closed club and should be open to all people who want to help. This says a lot about the candidates who want to be president of UEFA. But this says absolutely nothing about Beckenbauer's ability, only that he prefers to work with people that he presumably knows, respects and, above all else, trusts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 The race between Platini and Beckenbauer is like the match yesterday between France and Germany: 0:0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Both candidates for presidency, Platini and Beckenbauer, on one picture (Have a look at the eyes of the actual UEFA president Johansson ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted November 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 Clutching at straws perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 you may absolutely right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted November 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 I sincerely hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Yesterday Franz Beckenbauer and his people has got new destinations for his journey like Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, Switzerland and others. He will be very happy about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 other uefa preseident options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Unless others are stepping into the breach, Beckenbauer is the only option for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 sometimes people without public presence do a better job than someone who is always in the spotlight... There seems to be no other candidate for the presidency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Anyone in mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Officially there are only tow candidates, Platini and Beckenbauer. But there might be a few others from the big football countries like Italy, England, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Portugal etc. which all have great sports they could name. Maybe until the election there will be a few other people more. But I think Platini is a reliable candidate and represents a younger generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Z, going by your solitary, passionate causes, I have one for you: Woody Allen for IOC President. Move over, Jacques Rogge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 It would be a hard fight between Woody Allen and Danny DeVito. Which one would have the better profile? Hope there will be some serious people with a vision for sport and the Olympic movement as future presidents for the big international organisations. Then we can talk about reliable presidents, sport-people and human beings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 As it seems now all three big sport orhanisations, IOC, FIFA, UEFA, has to refresh it´s organisation with new, and young, officials. See the last matche between Turkey and Switzerland: all three officials, president, general secretary and speaker of the president, are all from Switzerland. They want to punish only one country: Turkey. I think this is a scandal. In the future it should be forbidden, that there is a concentration of one country. The highest sport organisation should be independent and impartial. This should also be the case for it´s officials. These senior officials sometimes acting childish. People should not elect those people in these high positions. This should be changed as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 A picture in friendship from "better" times: Without Beckenbauer nothings seems to work. He always have to be the "lid on all pots". Please don´t play a cult figure today as these times are long gone and the cult figure is old-fashioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 The "wave" in the colour´s game is something for young people, not for grannies. A picture says sometimes more than all words .... "No more pictures from Prague - promised" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Like in China and Korea also during WC 2006 in Germany thousands of volunteers are engaged. They do not cost anything. But on the other hand the organisations earn a lot of money. This is not acceptable for a country like Germany. They should try to find people which work on an employee basis. They should give the people a chance to get a job, if it´s only for a few monthes. For China and Korea this is ok - it´s a totally different way of thinking. Behind the behaviours and the way of working of the National organisation there stands a man like Franz Beckenbauer. To use to work of thousands of people "just for fun" is not the right way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Like in China and Korea also during WC 2006 in Germany thousands of volunteers are engaged. They do not cost anything. But on the other hand the organisations earn a lot of money. This is not acceptable for a country like Germany. They should try to find people which work on an employee basis. They should give the people a chance to get a job, if it´s only for a few monthes. For China and Korea this is ok - it´s a totally different way of thinking. Behind the behaviours and the way of working of the National organisation there stands a man like Franz Beckenbauer. To use to work of thousands of people "just for fun" is not the right way. Z, do you enjoy talking to yourself? Anyway, recent Organizing Committees know what they're doing. That's how to run sporting events that do NOT dip into public funds. Besides, people DON'T have to volunteer if they don't want to. I don't believe anyone in Germany is conscripted to work for WC for 'free.' Z, you forget that there is such a thing as 'choice' and free will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 But on the other hand, we are in Europe and not in China/Korea where people can be recruited as government wants. The rich organisations have so much money and it´s a question of moral and responsibility to have a look at their people. I.e. it´s expected that during EC Switzerland/Austria will bring a revenue of 432 million Euro. I´m not talking about sport organisations like Taekwondo, minigolf etc., we are talking about the richest organisations in sport world. It seems to be easy for those organisations to find people who want to work for free only to be on board. Should we talk about "poor" organisations like IOC etc and about "rich" volunteers? Sorry, we should not compare apples and oranges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Iredale Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Olympic Review: Helping Hands, the Olympic Volunteer Programme (pdf) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 When looking at the pdf from IOC I only can see: volunteers doing the dirty work, the others spend a lot of money for traveling around with friends. http://www.olympic.org/upload...._UK.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenica Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 During the last week there started a discussion about the "chip-ball" between Blatter, Beckenbauer and other officials. My opinion is: leave it like it is. Football is a game and no IT-disciplin. Also Blatter wants no hymns for WC 2006. That´s ridiculous. Football-fans have a strong identification with hymns and singing. It´s part of all big events like WC, EC etc. These events without hymns is a loss. Hymns have to stay. All officials including Beckenbauer and the new officials have to support this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted December 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 I agree with you on Blatter's ridiculous comments about national anthems, even if they are being booed by opposing fans. He really does come out with so much nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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