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..who's in line for 2015 and 2017...
i undestand selections are in october a couple weeks after olympic selection??
i undestand selections are in october a couple weeks after olympic selection??
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Daegu was announced (along with Moscow) in 2007. -
Re: daegu 2011 moscow 2013
That's not my understanding at all.Originally posted by az2004Comment
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And when, if ever, will the USA (i.e., Doug Logan) see the benefit of helping a city outfit its facilities so we can host it? If LA and ATL can manage an OG, surely the iAAF can manage to 'allow' the USA to host it without ALL the requirements they have that seem to be such a stumbling block now. USATF (and possible host city), get on this!Comment
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I keep forgetting that it would only cost $1.98 to stage the Worlds. Next time I see Doug I'll ask him how much spare change he has in his pocket.
What lunacy! (And no, I'm not going to explain it for the 437th time)Comment
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. . . point being, other countries 'find a way'. We do not. But we should. And that's Dougie's job. I'd even being willing to say he'll blog about that (in the medium future) and say we 'should' also.Originally posted by ghComment
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Other countries have the government as financial supporter of their bids, as well as state-funded tv channels which ensure that the whole thing will be filmed and put on tv, even if it's not a money maker.Originally posted by Marlow
Could you see that happening in the United States? People cry foul when there's talk of funding far more useful and practical endeavors than a nine-day track meet.Comment
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then what's gonna happen to select venues post-2013....
private industry drives daegu....
oil 2015...
usa is a post industrial ruin, so what private venture outside nike can run a wc???
i'm all for it being outside the usa, giving me ample chance to travel and see the world...
could you ever imagine the germans being ecstatic over a 3rd place...
only in a new age 21st century, which still begs the question, 2015, and 2017....where??
clearly, not eugene??Comment
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I heard a couple years ago that the USA wouldn't be allowed to hold the WC's until they drop the tax requirements on the prize money award. OR do I remember that wrong?Originally posted by Ned RyersonComment
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"wrong" in the sense that the IAAF guarantees that if you win $60K for a gold medal, you get paid $60K, not 60 with withholding.Originally posted by Jnathletics
It's up to the host to either pay the relevant taxes themselves, or (as I believe happens in many/most countries) convince the government to grant a waiver. Other nations are happy to do this because they see hosting the WC as a matter of great national pride. It will go unnoticed in Washington, D.C., so any hope of relief in that regard would have to be considered ultimate pie in the sky.Comment
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The United States has income tax treaties with a number of foreign countries. Under these treaties, residents (not necessarily citizens) of foreign countries are taxed at a reduced rate, or are exempt from U.S. income taxes on certain items of income they receive from sources within the United States. These reduced rates and exemptions vary among countries and specific items of income. If the treaty does not cover a particular kind of income, or if there is no treaty between your country and the United States, you must pay tax on the income in the same way and at the same rates shown in the instructions for Form 1040NR.
http://www.unclefed.com/ForTaxProfs/Treaties/index.htmlComment
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Well, I think I could just throw it in there, that with the sudden athletic glamour now associated with Jamaica and the Caribbean, and one Neville T. McCook being President of NACAC (who I think is well aligned to challenge for IAAF presidency in the future), it's not far-fetched that Jamaica could be considered for 2017 or there abouts (they have also successfully hosted WJC which saw the birth of Kluft, Bolt, Richards, Williams and Adams . Just saying.....Comment
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McCook is big in NACAC, but my assessment would be that he hasn't played the big-time politics game enough. Virtual impossibility, as I see it, for one to become president without having first been vice-president, and those slots are well locked up at the moment.
And w/ heavy hitters like Bubka and Coe both having expressed interest in the presidency, that path is well blocked for the foreseeable future.
If Jamaica were to consider a bid, one has to think that opponents would be quick to trot out the Jamaica Gleaner article which noted Kingston as the (per capita) murder capital of the world. Tough sell.
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/ ... sure2.htmlComment
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Take the point about McCook being at an impasse if he were to attempt presidency.Originally posted by gh
But Jamaica if branded as "murder capital of the world" based on a ratio of population to murders then, you must be prepared to accept the country is the athletics capital of the world, as per WC medals to population (a bit too simplistic but reciprocal).
Plus the murder capaital brand is far a point of personal opinion, the facts show that tourism is the country's No.1 foreign exchange earner despite the brand.
The Britain New Economics Foundation (much more noted than the Gleaner) has branded the country; the 3rd happiest country in the world.
http://www.happyplanetindex.org/public- ... ex-2-0.pdf
page 29Comment
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P.S. Jamaica also has the highest density of churches in the world, doesn't make it the holiest country or does it? We must be responsible with the stats that we promote. :lol:Comment
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