DORTMUND, Germany—Less than a week after Germany won the Basketball World Cup, some are calling for a rethink in government funding. Basketball placed last of 26 sports in the Potential Analysis System, known as PotAS, which ranks German sports’ governing bodies by their potential to succeed on the world stage. The…
German interior minister Nancy Falser shoots a selfie with Dennis Schroeder after the team’s arrival in Frankfurt early this week.
Basketball placed last of 26 sports in the Potential Analysis System, known as PotAS, which ranks German sports’ governing bodies by their potential to succeed on the world stage. The report described itself as “objective and transparent,” but it has been criticized as too rigid for using the same criteria to judge sports as diverse as boxing and equestrian.
“After this summer we should finally understand that there is no universal formula for sporting success,” said Andreas Michelmann, the head of the German Handball Association and a spokesman for a wider group of five team sports including basketball.
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