{"id":155344,"date":"2015-10-06T17:12:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T00:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=155344"},"modified":"2015-10-06T17:18:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T00:18:34","slug":"world-swimming-association-begins-groundwork-to-formalize-entity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-swimming-association-begins-groundwork-to-formalize-entity\/","title":{"rendered":"World Swimming Association Begins Groundwork To Formalize Entity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federation Internationale de Natation <strong>(FINA<\/strong>) is the governing body for aquatic sports and is recognized in that capacity by the <strong>International Olympic Committee<\/strong>. The World Swimming Association (<strong>WSA<\/strong>) is in the early stages of establishing a new entity as a credible alternative to FINA when it comes to governing swimming and open water events.<\/p>\n<p>WSA is in the early stages of defining their organization to parallel FINA. Visitors to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wscacoach.org\/WSA.htm\" target=\"_blank\">WSA web page<\/a> can see the provisions comparing FINA to WSA in draft form.<\/p>\n<p>A huge distinction in organizations can be seen immediately in how both organization select their governing board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINA Governing Board: <\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 All Bureau Members elected by the FINA Congress<\/p>\n<p><strong>WSA Governing Board: <\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Will consist of 28 members\/directors:<br \/>\n\u2022 The top three nations at the WSA Championships or Olympic Games will each have the right to nominate 3 members (at least one must be a coach and at least one must be an athlete*)<br \/>\n\u2022 The next seven nations (4th &#8211; 10th place) will each have the right to nominate 2 members (1 of these members must be either a coach or an athlete)<br \/>\n\u2022 The following five nations (11th-15th) will each have the right to nominate 1 member (this member must be either a coach or an athlete).<br \/>\n*An athlete is defined as someone who has been ranked in the Top 150 in the World or competed at the Olympics or WSA Championships during the five years prior to being nominated to the Governing Board.<\/p>\n<ul>Nomination Process:<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 To the extent a country is nominating a coach or an athlete and that country has a national coaches group or athletes union, the coaches group and the athletes union will be responsible for nominating the coach or the athlete, respectively.<br \/>\n\u2022 All non-coach and non-athlete representatives will be selected by the national governing body.<br \/>\n\u2022 To the extent a country may only nominate one person and that country has both a coaches group and an athletes union, the coaches group, the two groups will work together to select a nominee. If the groups are not able to come to an agreement, the national governing body will choose the nominee.<br \/>\n\u2022 To the extent a country may nominate either a coach or an athlete and that country only has a coaches union, that country shall select a coach. Similarly, if the country only has an athlete&#8217;s union and not a coaches group, that country shall nominate an athlete.<\/p>\n<p>Another distinction is how members are terminated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINA Member Termination:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 The member no longer exists<br \/>\n\u2022 The member withdraws its affiliation<br \/>\n\u2022 The member is expelled.<br \/>\n<strong>WSA Member Termination:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Cheating<br \/>\n\u2022 Dishonesty<br \/>\n\u2022 Fraud<br \/>\n\u2022 Voluntary withdrawal<\/p>\n<p>For those that follow the governance of aquatic sports, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wscacoach.org\/WSA.htm\" target=\"_blank\">WSCA website<\/a> is an interested read and is a visible contrast of beliefs in cultural and administrative governance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WATCH\u00a0SWIMMINGWORLD.TV TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CONTROVERSY<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail float-left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-swim-show-with-bill-sweetenham-talking-about-replacing-fina\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bill-sweetenham-interview-e1442431049242-280x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-detail\">\n<h2 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-swim-show-with-bill-sweetenham-talking-about-replacing-fina\/\">Morning Swim Show With Bill Sweetenham Talking About Replacing FINA<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail float-left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-swim-show-with-craig-lord-talking-about-replacing-fina\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Craig-Lord-e1442252891264-280x200.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-detail\">\n<h2 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-swim-show-with-craig-lord-talking-about-replacing-fina\/\">Morning Swim Show With Craig Lord Talking About Replacing FINA<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) is the governing body for aquatic sports and is recognized in that capacity by the International Olympic Committee. 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