@Dunkowski It doesn’t matter whether I’m naive or what. The only question that counts is whether and how naive are the people in charge in Cologne? From the outside, it looks as if they wanted to give the impression that it was just a matter of finding the right hall. We’ve discussed pages and pages here and weighed up licensing conditions, but apparently/seemingly(?) the proponents of conditions for proper business operations are in the majority and have come to the conclusion that proper and stable business operations are beneficial for the medium-term sporting success of a professional gaming company.
Can we really reduce this to the hall infrastructure, and that in Cologne, where there are halls, but apparently not the right one for the Rheinstars? With all due respect, others have gone out of their way in the past to make the game possible, for example Phoenix Hagen set up a temporary arena in a former tennis hall 15 years ago during the renovation of the Ischelandhalle, or the Crailsheim Merlins play in a cattle auction hall, where they According to their own statements, they have to spend around 15% of their budget on rent and preparation of the hall on match daysAnd those were halls for the BBL; some of them, like in Hagen, might not even be allowed anymore these days. But the really “poor pigs” seem to be the people of Cologne with their search for a venue for ProA basketball.
First of all, I think that a marketing concept is essential for proper business operations. And the bigger the location, the more essential and necessary it is IMHO. That is the most fundamental thing in my eyes and does not depend on the league at the base. With higher leagues, this can of course be designed in a more refined and detailed way. I am a layman when it comes to marketing and not an expert, which is why I will save myself any comments for now, if only because I do not have the time to check what the Cologne team has achieved so far. As I wrote, however, the Münster team has already filled its hall in the ProB and the Trier team has managed to do the same in the ProA, at least temporarily. Even if the conditions are certainly different, this is not a given and complaining about the size of the hall is not the real point. If you know who and how you want to address someone, then I can quickly see whether it will work, what reach can be achieved and whether the latter is also sufficient in terms of the hall capacity.
Regarding the objection itself: We experienced this to some extent in Nuremberg with regard to the BBL license. I would have liked to have read a PM from Cologne explaining how they justified the objection. Something like this is missing at least on the homepage (see marketing above, which also includes public relations work to get fans on board). I don’t know whether other social media channels are being used in the same way or whether the topic is being spread in the local press; no justification was audible from afar at the moment.
Im Licensing statute itself is stated under §2 a) and d) in §6:
… 1. The Bundesliga club has with Submitting the license documents to prove that its championship games are played in a hall that complies with the technical guidelines set by the BARMER 2nd Basketball Bundesliga. …
IMHO, the three letters ‘m’, ‘i’ and ‘t’ in the word “mit” are of crucial importance here. The license application must be submitted on time, including the intended venue. Looking for an alternative venue now is not worthless for the future, but it is legally irrelevant for the license application. That was also the case in Nuremberg at the time. (Incidentally, the license statute reflects my above view. Section 5 extends over more than three pages; Section 6 on the hall infrastructure does not extend over half a page.) Section 6(2) is quite specific and leaves little room for maneuver:
… 2.
In the ProA group of the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga, these are in particular:
a) Hall size: 1500 spectator seats for a basketball game; the capacity of the hall must be proven by an official confirmation showing the number of approved visitor seats. An officially confirmed seating and escape route plan (according to the Assembly Places Ordinance) for the hall must also be enclosed.
b) stands on at least three sides of the pitch, with standing areas sufficient at the ends;
c) Playing field floor made of wooden parquet
d) Press/media room with telephone and internet connection
e) appropriate VIP room
f) Use of an electronic ticket system
The rejection of the license application is seen as a violation of the license terms and conditions. If the examiners of the license application did not make a fundamental error here, then an appeal is futile. A successful appeal would have to prove an error here. What is the basis for the appeal?
Why these deadlines in §6(1) and §2 and why is there apparently no possibility of making improvements? Yes, the world does not revolve around Cologne alone, the other clubs also need planning security and need to know which league they will be playing in next season. This is part of proper business operations. This is difficult to reconcile with Cologne only announcing in late summer that they have found a suitable venue, or finally cancelling in early autumn. In principle, I don’t think that’s nice either, but I can understand it for the people who have to maintain proper game operations and organize everything. In this respect, IMHO, the (seemingly unlikely) objection has managed to turn and anger the colleagues in the AG 2. BBL against them. Because at the moment I don’t see how the objection will succeed.
In Nuremberg, the licensed theater was partially successful, so that another hall was built. In that respect, the theater has achieved its original purpose. I am not sure what is to be achieved in Cologne. A supposedly suitable hall is already under construction. Will the licensed theater make it possible to find more construction workers and tradesmen to build the hall more quickly? If the hall is built according to public procurement law, it is irrelevant anyway. Apparently, this is how you get into the local press. I just hope that in Cologne they have a suitable marketing concept for fans and sponsors and can use the “increased” attention for long-lasting relationships with “customers” and stakeholders, otherwise it is all just a joke.
2024-06-17 07:19:00
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