AOC president John Coates and ASC chairman John Wylie have a long history of disagreements. Now Mr Coates has brought new fuel to the fire.
The president of the Australian Olympic Committee , John Coates, has accused his rival, Australian Sports Commission chairman, John Wylie, of"relevance deprivation".The two have a long history of disagreements
The latest is over funding: when sports should get it, and the existing cuts to some sports since the Rio Olympics"Well, he's finished in six months. He's gone," Mr Coates said of Mr Wylie in Sydney today. The latest disagreement between the two powerbrokers of Australian sport is over when sports should receive funding, and the existing cuts to some sports since the Rio Olympics.John Wylie stated his position in an article for The Australian newspaper, when he called for a unity ticket between the ASC and the AOC on the issue of funding.
"We believe the right time to review high-performance programs will be after the Tokyo Games, when results and facts will be on the table," he wrote."They seem to me like mutterings of a man who has relevance deprivation, coming up with just six months to go," he said.
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