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da Ilgorgo » 15 nov 2018, 23:43
Non ho trovato una discussione ad hoc e perciò metto qui. E' l'interessante riassunto dei criteri per ottenere diritto di voto nel congresso di World Rugby. Sono criteri giusti perché legati ai risultati del campo e ai bilanci. Se ho capito bene le tre voci (quelle che iniziano con "One vote...") sono cumulabili.
Questi criteri devono però essere un poco non aggiornati perché ora l'Italia ha tre voti e tre rappresentanti; forse ora anche la terza voce è stata modificata da one vote a one vote and one representative
-> The criteria are as follows:
One vote and one representative: to member unions who have qualified for two consecutive Rugby World Cups within last eight-year assessment period
One vote and one representative: to unions who have qualified for two consecutive Rugby World Cups within last eight-year assessment period and who participate in the Six Nations or The Rugby Championship
One vote: to unions who have qualified for two consecutive Rugby World Cups within last eight-year assessment period and:
have an annual audited average investment in rugby of £20 million over the last four years
have bid to host major World Rugby events over last eight years or who are bidding for a World Rugby event in next four years
have a sustainable women's programme with participation in the Women's Rugby World Cup or qualifiers in the past eight years
have men's and women's sevens programmes – reflected by a minimum participation in regional competitions and or the World Rugby Sevens Series (men's and women's)
The T1s have 3 votes, 2 members. (30)
Japan has 2 votes. (2)
Romania, Georgia, Fiji, Samoa, USA, Canada all have one vote and member. (6)
Regional associations have two votes. (12)
75% is needed to change the laws of the game.
50 votes in all, with T1 having 60%, the traditional 'big 8' is below 50% voting power for the first time ever.
The big question is, will Romania, and possibly Canada lose their seat at the world rugby council? Up until a few years ago Canada had as many votes as Italy or Argentina.
There's been a massive widening of voting power over the past few years, up until 2006 the 'big 8' had 80% voting power, plus there's now a clear process as to how votes are awarded. I could see a further expansion soon, with the first criteria changing to something like 'finish in the top 25 of the World rankings for 6 of the past 8 years', or, and this is the big one the top two criteria being scrapped and Nations League 1 teams get two votes, and NL2 teams getting one, allowing any nation to get representation.
