– That is also an interesting thought. It is something that needs to be discussed further with the sports manager, the jumping committee and the rest of Ski-Norge, says Tove Moe Dyrhaug to news. She adds that it is the jumping committee that must present the proposal to the Ski Board and the Skiing Parliament if they want this solution. It has now been just over three weeks since an internal document was leaked in which ski jumping manager Clas Brede Bråthen proposed to detach ski jumping from the Ski Association financially. For the time being, the Jumping Committee has sent a recommendation to the Skiing Board in which they request the board to familiarize themselves with the document. And the response has been good, according to jumping committee leader Stine Korsen. JUMPING COMMITTEE LEADER: Stine Korsen believes that the decisions being made now are being made on the wrong financial basis. Photo: Ketil Kern / news – She is positive, and we have a good dialogue. She takes this with her in the work they do. But it has not been taken up as a matter in the Ski Board yet, says Korsen to news. Head of sport for Hopp, Clas Brede Bråthen, also confirms a good dialogue with the skiing president. – I have received a greeting from Tove that she has received the document. She thinks it was interesting, and then I received an inquiry from another ski board member, Kristin Gjertsen, who showed interest in the work I had put in, Bråthen tells news. JUMPING MANAGER: Clas Brede Bråthen believes that the financial part of the sport of jumping does not fit into the model that has been established for Ski-Norge. Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB Believes secession is realistic Bråthen has wanted a change to the financial model in the Ski Association for a long time, and believes that it is realistic that the Jumping Association can be separated as its own legal entity. – There is nothing in the way of us being a separate legal entity in the Norwegian Skiing Association, but still belonging to the association politically when it comes to the obligations towards NIF, the Olympic Summit and the International Skiing Association, says Bråthen and continues: – The challenges are only related to finances where jumping does not fit into the model established for Ski-Norge. Despite the fact that Bråthen says that there has been progress recently, he has no idea how quickly a change will actually occur. – I hope so, especially through Tove’s positive attitude towards this. And through the fact that we have got a new general secretary who I also hope can look at this through different lenses, says the sports manager. – POSITIVE: According to Bråthen and Korsen, they have received positive signals from ski president Tove Moe Dyrhaug. To news, she calls the idea “interesting”. Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB – Cuts will have lasting consequences On 25 October, the board of the Ski Association decided that the branches must present measures for how they can cut costs, if they do not receive the necessary income. Jumping generates a large profit on the event side, but this income is not taken into account when the Ski Association assesses how much branches have to cut. There, they only look at sponsorship and marketing income. – Decisions made now are based on a small proportion of income and do not give the overall impression. If it continues like this, we could soon be left without a showjumping nation that is on the map internationally, says Korsen. – There is a lack of transparency around the creation of value, but when it is cleared out of the way, I am sure that we all have a better basis for moving forward, says the sports manager. Hopp has a large share of what is called uncertain income, and can therefore be subject to large cuts. The ski board will have a board meeting next week, and the cutting plans will be presented there. – What this is about is that we believe that our internal sustainability is good. And that through the fact that it had been made visible, our commercial value would probably have been at a completely different level, he says and continues: – There is at least no doubt that the signals we have sent on now are that further cuts will now be permanent negative consequences for the entire business, emphasizes Bråthen.
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