The Squashist: The Olympic Failure October 1, 2015
The
latest round of Olympic blues is pretty hard to take, thank you very
much, but one conclusion I reluctantly came up with is that WSF
president Ramachandran has been ineffective throughout this process.
Does he have the charisma to cajole the decision-makers to get this
sport approved? No, he does not. That is the inescapable conclusion
from these past ineffective campaigns. In the business world, if a
leader continuously fails at a task, sooner or later the board of
directors is going to want to get a new chief. I think we need one.
He is also apparently corrupt, and
has had an award revoked in India because he was allegedly found guilty
of lying about the money he said he had given to grow squash there.
While i was darkly brooding about this situation, lo and behold the
great Nick Matthew came out with an article where he says the same
thing:
I think the worldwide squash
community has to start thinking about this, and ask who might be better
suited to the task. Would the PSA do a better job? Could we cajole one
of the better-run national organizations, like US Squash, to take a
leadership role as well?
I dunno. I don't have all the answers, but i certainly have a few questions!
'The Squashist' (Now blogging at Squashskills.com)
