07-27-2005, 01:36 PM
[quote="edmundas daubaras"]BEING IN NABBA FROM 1990, NABBA LITHUANIA ORGANIZED 3 NABBA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS AND ONLY IN 1998 LEARNED, THAT NABBA HAS NO OFFICIAL STATUS.
BEING OFFICIAL ALWAYS MEANS BEING REGISTERED. THE REGISTRATION CAN BE DIFFERENT, BUT IT MUST BE! EAST EUROPE CAN NOT SURVIVE WITHOUT OFFICIAL REGISTRATION. BEING UNREGISTERED MEANS JUST PLAY IN KINDERGARTEN.
AS NABBA LITHUANIA IS THE OFFICIAL SPORT ORGANIZATION - IT HAS TO ACT ACCORDING THE LAW - IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO GO ON WITH NABBA.
FROM 1999 NABBA LITHUANIA STOPPED BRINGING NUMEROUS TEAMS TO UNNOFFICIAL NABBA EVENTS. WE WANTED TO STOP PARTICIPATING AT ALL, BUT NABBA "OFFICIALS" ALWAYS ASKED TO REMAIN.
WE USED TO COME TO "UNIVERSE" CONTESTS EVERY YEAR, MAKE EXCURSIONS IN LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, NEW CASTLE. WHAT ELSE OUR OFFICIAL ORGANIZATION CAN DO IN AN UNOFFICIAL NABBA EVENT?
FINALY IN 2005 WE STOPPED THE PARTICIPATION DUE TO THE MESS EGZISTING IN NABBA. NABBA DID NOT CHANGE SINCE 1948!
FOR SOME OTHER COUNTRIES IT IS NORMAL GOING UNOFFICIAL "FRIENDLY" WAY. MANY NABBA MEMBERS HAVE NO NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, THEY HAVE NO NATIONAL CONTESTS. FOR THEM IT IS NORMAL WHEN A PERSON COLLECTS SOME ATHLETES AND JUST GO TO NABBA CONTESTS. IS IT OFFICIAL? EVEN ON NATIONAL LEVEL IT IS NOT OFFICIAL. EXCURSION IS EXCURSION - NOTHING MORE. HOW CAN WE EXPLAIN SUCH RELATION TO THE STATE SPORT DEPARTMENT? ARE WE TO SAY WE GO TO UK TO VISIT FRIENDS?
WE CAN NOT GO THIS WAY.[/quote
east europe countries look on sport too seriuosly and western go easy way
BEING OFFICIAL ALWAYS MEANS BEING REGISTERED. THE REGISTRATION CAN BE DIFFERENT, BUT IT MUST BE! EAST EUROPE CAN NOT SURVIVE WITHOUT OFFICIAL REGISTRATION. BEING UNREGISTERED MEANS JUST PLAY IN KINDERGARTEN.
AS NABBA LITHUANIA IS THE OFFICIAL SPORT ORGANIZATION - IT HAS TO ACT ACCORDING THE LAW - IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO GO ON WITH NABBA.
FROM 1999 NABBA LITHUANIA STOPPED BRINGING NUMEROUS TEAMS TO UNNOFFICIAL NABBA EVENTS. WE WANTED TO STOP PARTICIPATING AT ALL, BUT NABBA "OFFICIALS" ALWAYS ASKED TO REMAIN.
WE USED TO COME TO "UNIVERSE" CONTESTS EVERY YEAR, MAKE EXCURSIONS IN LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, NEW CASTLE. WHAT ELSE OUR OFFICIAL ORGANIZATION CAN DO IN AN UNOFFICIAL NABBA EVENT?
FINALY IN 2005 WE STOPPED THE PARTICIPATION DUE TO THE MESS EGZISTING IN NABBA. NABBA DID NOT CHANGE SINCE 1948!
FOR SOME OTHER COUNTRIES IT IS NORMAL GOING UNOFFICIAL "FRIENDLY" WAY. MANY NABBA MEMBERS HAVE NO NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, THEY HAVE NO NATIONAL CONTESTS. FOR THEM IT IS NORMAL WHEN A PERSON COLLECTS SOME ATHLETES AND JUST GO TO NABBA CONTESTS. IS IT OFFICIAL? EVEN ON NATIONAL LEVEL IT IS NOT OFFICIAL. EXCURSION IS EXCURSION - NOTHING MORE. HOW CAN WE EXPLAIN SUCH RELATION TO THE STATE SPORT DEPARTMENT? ARE WE TO SAY WE GO TO UK TO VISIT FRIENDS?
WE CAN NOT GO THIS WAY.[/quote
east europe countries look on sport too seriuosly and western go easy way