RF suggests: Less athletic lose the contribution

the Sport has received criticism for its inflexibility when it comes to who can be a member of the country's largest popular movement and take part of the 1.7 skattemiljarder as RF benefits. At the same time has some of the 71 unions that already are connected is difficult to meet the requirements for membership. To remedy the problems set up in the RF at the Riksidrottsmötet 2017 a anslutningsutredning, which is now ready.

"We want to open the sport to more and at the same time get stronger the covenant," says Lotta Kellander, a member of the FOUNDATION's decision-making bodies Riksidrottsstyrelsen and the chairman of the commission of inquiry.

the society developed at a faster rate than the sport and it is high time for the sports movement to broaden their anslutningsformer. She also points out that people in the day to a greater extent exercise when they themselves want to, or performing their sport more spontaneously, as, for example, skateboardåkaren.

Many unions today, with scarce resources, and perceive the administration as burdensome. Therefore calls on the investigators covenant to join together, to be the leaders in higher degree should be able to put their time on the sporting. Kellander points on the swimming federation as a covenant where the swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming together and believe that more unions should consider the possibility to coordinate their activities.

At the Riksidrottsforum in Ronneby in the last month, some of the unions concerns prior to the deadline.

But many of the smaller unions that we've spoken with during the investigation have been positive, at the same time, that they point out that it is very important for them not to lose their identity, " says Kellander.

in order to get affiliates to have at least 1,500 members and 25 associations. The commission of inquiry proposes that, instead of facing three categories:

the main unions, at Least 50 compounds, and the 3,000 members.

Minor league: at Least 25 compounds, and 1,500 members.

Idrottsnätverk: Federations that are not members of the sports movement, but that shows the interest of being there. These will receive support from the FOUNDATION and operate as a gateway, where the sports can get help to adapt their activities to the requirements for membership.

the main unions to get a ”full support”, while support for the less is suggested to be ”adapted”. According to Kellander, it is about the RF-assistance to the kansliverksamheten. The support to the clubs and the individual, the athlete should remain the same.

ever been excluded from the RF, but a review of the Aftonbladet 2017 showed that several of the smaller covenant had been difficult to meet the current criteria. Field hockey, tug of war and bob and tobogganing are sports with the new rules risk having to leave the innermost RF the community, and to be without contribution.

at the same time are sports, with many active who wish to enter the RF, for example, e-sports, which applied for membership in 2017, and whose position can be seen as a reason for the inquiry was appointed. In its definition of what is required in order to be seen as a sport, write the investigators that ”the physical element shall be of more than negligible importance for the activity itself, the performance and the result”. Kellander say that one has not had specific sports in mind during the investigation process.

" We don't look at any covenant until we have set the framework and one is either on the inside or the outside of these frames. What we have had in mind in this work is the whole of the Swedish sports movement, " she says.

the FOUNDATION also allowed the investigation of how the financial support for sport should look like. The proposals, now out for consultation. Because many have been involved in the investigation is Kellander optimistic about the reform should be able to hammer through at Riksidrottsmötet in Jönköping in may.

– basically, I think that the sport will benefit because we will be more active in the movement and we will also be able to make use of the support to the sport in a sensible way, " says Kellander.