Yanou
Active Member
Not good. Not good at all!
Blackpool 2010
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Not good. Not good at all!
Not just him. Stefano as well.
contracheck
New Member
What about Edita? She is going to be an orphan unless she finds a partner real soon.
Lorelei
Member
what is WDC position?
SDsalsaguy
Administrator
Everything for ballroom dancing!
Warren J. Dew
Forum Master
More like a wedding without the ex.
Warren J. Dew
Forum Master
Gozzoli's letter strongly implies that he's planning to go to Blackpool. He's telling other Italians not to follow in his footsteps.
contracheck
New Member
Where do you read such Gozzoli's strong implication in the letter?
I am not the only one here who think that Gozzoli will not participate in Blackpool.
As far as I can understand, Gozzoli states that the charges FIDC makes against Blackpool are true and he totally supports FIDS's strong reaction.
What kind of jerk is he and what kind of strong support is it, if he participates in Blackpool but asks others not to. Does he feel that he is not going to win the Blackpool if other able Italian dancers participate?
This is what Gozzoli wrote in part, "I have carefully read the reasons of the denial to participate at Blackpool and I can confirm that they are true, even if I experienced the same situation on the other side and, maybe, I was also against FIDS. What has been said is true and therefore I totally support FIDS strong reaction."
Of course he's going to go... he would be foolish not to when he's so close to another title:
“What are you going to do? Do you dance?”. In this moment what I will do is not
so important. You have to feel part of a team, who is working to create the future champions. The decisions
I and Edita will make with regards to Blackpool are only guided by my sense of coherence. Twenty-five
years ago I choose what I wanted to achieve and now I have to follow my project. My life as athlete has
almost come to an end; as a consequence, my decisions are based on values and choices which are far from
the path every Italian athlete should follow from now on.
I am an athlete born in the “old system” with IDSF for amateurs and WDC for professionals"
Sounds to me like he's going to dance, and I think he should... it's WDC that should be ashamed for even putting athletes in a position where they have to choose like this. I hear Donnie Burns complains about how much he hates being president of WDC... maybe he would not hate it so much if he didn't engage in such hate-mongering as this.
contracheck
New Member
It is highly possible that this is a badly translated version from Italian to English. He wrote this letter to FIDS President, who is obviously an Italian, and Italian athletes. I don't see any reason why he would write it in English to those people who may not understand English. He speaks perfect English. Do I make sense?
Warren J. Dew
Forum Master
It looks to me like the Italian DanceSport organization is trying to discourage its members from attending Blackpool because the students of Italian coaches are not doing as well in England as they would like.
contracheck
New Member
In my opinion, he does not have to go; he has enough titles. If he wants to go to Blackpool, he can afford to say it clearly and directly, rather than using so many dubious run around words.
He asks FIDS athletes "to listen to and follow the decisions made by the federation, my federation and its president." If he is not going do follow what he preaches, don't you think that he is a hypocrite?
I had the same impression that these letters were probably translations from someone other than the original authors. For one, Mirko's letter has at the top 'Mirco Gozzoli : FIDS is right!!!' Seems to me, this would say "I" support FIDS, or the spelling of his name, would be the same at the top of the letter as at the bottom -- with a k. Also, both letters use 'carrier' for 'career.' What are the odds that two different people are making the same mistake? My guess is one person translated both.