Monday 22 June 2009
"Pirates" are usually swim
Eight Teams want Formula 1 to leave and start their own series. In the history of sport have been revolutionary but rarely enforced.
Still, it is only an announcement: The eight teams want to Formula 1 after the dispute with the FIA World after the current season ausbremsen and start their own series. Success is the "pirates" despite seemingly good conditions, however, not sure, because in the history of sport, the revolutionaries are rarely enforced.
Tony George, owner of the racetrack in motorsports mecca Indianapolis and at the same time, Lord of the premium event "Indy 500", had broken in 1994, North American Motorsport provoked. George founded the Indy Racing then League (IRL), which just two years later to compete with the incumbent, but hochgezüchteten CART series occurred.
In fact, approached the IRL, the first as a cheap alternative to CART was advertised, the competition is becoming increasingly. In 2000, the first team of the series, only three years later, finally went bankrupt CART. Last year was the successor of the ChampCar series IRL swallowed, but strictly speaking, was the IRL alone is no longer viable.
"Pirates" in the baseball ...
Especially in North American sports, there was always "pirates". Rarely was it about power, but always about business. One reason: according to European federations, there is no pattern, professional leagues like the NFL (Football) or the NBA (basketball) are commercial enterprises. So if you are a successful business model, it must compete with imitators or expected.
Starting it had in baseball. In the year 1876 was the first professional league National League (NL) was founded in 1899 then the American League (AL). Both leagues operate long under the umbrella of the Major League Baseball (MLB) play but, with a few "Inter League Duels apart, then separated. However, the so-called World Series between the NL and the AL Champion: we already have since 1903.
Every successful professional league in North America has ever competitors. In addition to the NHL (ice hockey) existed from 1972 to 1979, the World Hockey Association (WHA), with only 12, then up to 14 clubs. A certain Wayne Gretzky developed there to the superstar. After the bankruptcy of the League, the NHL, four of the six remaining WHA clubs to.
... in basketball and football
The NBA had to be from 1967 to 1976 of the American Basketball Association (ABA) help. The ABA also took players without college degree, invented the colorful ball and the three-point line - and brought in Julius Erving ( "Dr. J") a superstar show. From up to 11 clubs were after the ABA Pleite finally four in the NBA division.
As a successful and now proved to be exemplary so far, the separation in English football. In February 1992, the Premier League was founded, not as a "pirate league", but as an independent company, owned the now only 20 clubs are participating. The English FA Association is still a partner. Similarly, the construct in Germany with league (DFL) and federation (DFB).
in tennis and Beachvollleyball
Such interaction is rare. Mostly surfaced a "pirate" and sought to direct confrontation. 1967 founded the oil billionaire Lamar Hunt World Championship Tennis (WCT), the players like the former German Davis Cup team boss Niki Pilic for up to 20 tournaments per year purchased. The ATP players union finally began their own series by WCT was 1989.
In beach volleyball, in addition to the series of an FIVB World Tour AVP in the U.S. as well-paid professionals compete - but not for international teams is open. Are clarified in the meantime the situation in basketball, where the Association of European Leagues 2000/2001 his Euro League ULEB the FIBA World Suproleague the opposite. The FIBA had to.
boxing
It does not come as in boxing, where the alphabet for the abbreviations of the world countless organizations no longer enough. Wladimir Klitschko is on the way, champions of the associations of IBF and WBO, on Saturday at his superior opponent Ruslan Chagaev is still in the WBA world champion in waiting as a state run. This is Wladimir's older brother Witali champion of the WBC.
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