Snowboarders threaten to switch flags in cash row
United Arab Emirates?
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissin...05&sid=4676326 Four leading Swiss snowboarders, including an Olympic champion, are threatening to race for other countries, citing a lack of funding in Switzerland. They have written to the United Arab Emirates, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Oman and Malta asking for citizenship – and sponsorship. ..... Cash shortfall According to Eiselin, Switzerland’s snowboarders receive only SFr4,000 ($3,200) per year from the federation, plus some sponsorship and prize money. They say they have to finance the rest of their travel and training costs themselves. “We have to pay to race for Switzerland,” he said. They want the Swiss Olympic Association to increase this allowance to SFr30,000 a year – a sum, they say, which is still a drop in the ocean compared with rival teams on the professional circuit. ..... |
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