N.Z. Sports May Get Help From Olympic TV Profits

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31094, 24 June 1966, Page 13

N.Z. Sports May Get Help From Olympic TV Profits

“The Press" Special Service

WELLINGTON.

New Zealand sports bodies may soon be receiving shares of the television rights from Olympic Games, according to advice received from the International Olympic Committe.

At this week’s meeting of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association, the president (Mr H. I. Austad) read a comprehensive report from Sir Arthur Porrit about recent decisions taken by the 1.0. C.

He said that in future the allocation of television profits would be made by the 1.0. C.

The first milion dollars would be divided between

national Olympic committees (such as the New Zealand association), international federations such as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (for subsequent division to participtaing athletic national bodies, such as the N.Z.A.A.A.) and the local organising committee. The second million dollars would be divided one-third to the organisers and twothirds as above, and further profits after two million dollars will go two-thirds to the organisers and the one-third as above.

This is seen as a move by the 1.0. C. to prevent bodies such as the I.A.A.F. holding world championship meetings in order to raise revenue that is currently not forthcoming from the Olympics, even though athletics at the games draws by far the most revenue.

REDUCING GAMES Another move by the 1.0. C. is to investigate the possibility of reducing the size of the Olympic Games by transferring some of the indoor sports of the summer games to be held in conjunction with the winter games. At the moment, it appears that weight-lifting, judo and handball could be transferred, although no final decision has yet been made. As a result of the investigations on doping and the decision to ban all members of a team in the sport where a competitor has been found to have taken dope, the N.Z.0.8.E.G.A. is to look into the desirability of New Zealand representatives signing a “dope clause” into the agreements they sign on becoming team members. Another rule likely to be introduced calls for the banning of competitors using cameras while engaged in competition at the Olympics. OCEAN RACE In yachting, there is a possibility of an ocean race being introduced, while women will be included in the archery

events, should this sport ever be included in the Olympic programme.

Regarding the South African position, Sir Arthur Porrit reported that a combined committee of coloured and white administrators had now been formed in the Republic and it was likely that the

country could be represented at the Mexico games. The election of Munich (summer) and Sapporo (winter) as the venues of the 1972 games again pointed to the bloc voting tendencies of the 1.0. C., said Sir Arthur Porrit, instead of individual expression of opinions.