Hi there Nam,
Nice of you to drop by and take part in the discussion.
I am aware of the part you had in the organization of the event, but I didn't mean that you suggested to the organizer "don't invite this guy, invite this guy instead", hope that's clear.
And yes, you are completely right about the experience thing & I agree that especially at big events like these, we need to present freestyle football at it's best!
That's why we need the
BEST freestylers! I am not saying to invite complete noobs, just so it seems fair and that it looks like we gave someone a chance. If you are advertising your event by saying you'll bring 16 of Europe's best freestylers, then do so.
I am simply asking why aren't the best invited to these events/competitions? You can't say that freestlyers like Timo, Golomejic, Matte Linder, Filip Meeus, Leiki, etc. are inexperienced and low quality.
To me it's absurd that there were 5! freestylers from France, 4 of them Komball freestylers and that in the end you were the only freestyler in the semi-finals that wasn't from Komball. I'm not saying that they're not good. Sean is one of the best, Andreas & Djiminho are really good, but what happened in Paris, IMO was pushing it too far and obvious advertising.
Just a final response to your statment about making fs look good: Berno & Karim...
I hope that I expressed my opinion well & that there won't be any major misunderstanding.
So, to sum it up. I'm for having the best freestylers at these events, not on the basis of who you know and who you're good with or who's your sponsor, but on actual freestyle football skill. I'm aware that like in all parts of life, there will always be people that have a good "support" to push them further, but as long as it doesn't go ridiculously too far and/or as long as it brings quality with it, I accept it as a part of the game. A necessary evil so to speak...
P.S. Hope no one gets offended by what I just wrote!
