“Sports Minister wants ‘bonfire of costly bureaucracy’ to help increase participation.”
Well nobody could sensibly disagree with that could they? Of course not and the wish to create a bonfire from regulation is always the easiest headline you can get as a Minister. I don’t blame Hugh. He has had a difficult few weeks mainly announcing bad news for sport – the abolition of free swimming, cuts from Health to CSPs etc.
The last few days have been better though. There i some wishful thinking as I mentioned in my blog about TV rights money coming into grassroots. But our Sports Minister understands sport. He is not an ideologue – that pressure comes from elsewhere. There are tough times ahead financially for sports so some help with red tape will help ease the burden on volunteers. My main concern is raising expectations though. Nobody puts burdens on for fun and yet removing them is always harder than you think.
View from the Margins 