As promised in my previous post that raised questions regarding the application of IOF Fair Play principles in the World Cup Round 2, I wrote to several stakeholders asking their opinion on whether in it is a potential conflict of interest if the coach of a national team is the course setter on a major IOF event.
I received shareable and substantive responses from the Organisers and the National Controller. It is much appreciated. I share them below so everybody can read them.
Although I would argue with some of their key points, I will not do it now because of the respect that they shall focus on delivering the World Cup event.
I received responses from the IOF President, the IOF Senior Event Adviser, the Chair of the FootO Commission, and the Chair of the Rules Commission. I will come back to these later because they were either not substantive or not shareable.
The IOF General Secretary was on vacation but shall return to the office today. There was no response from the FootO reps of the Athletes Commission and the Chair of the Ethics Panel.
Here is the response from the Chairman and the referenced affidavit from the course setter.
And here is the response from the national controller:
Unless I receive a substantive and shareable reply from the IOF functionaries who have yet to respond, I will return to this topic in about ten days’ time after the World Cup.
Good luck with the event, both for the athletes and the organisers!
Everybody needs some luck on an orienteering event.
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