Bertarelli is on the ring floor, but he has not beaten
slg. / NZZ Online
In his first comment after the defeat against the New York court moved Ernesto Bertarelli, the boxer said: "I was not, who led the first punch," said Alinghi boss and at the same time urged the "return to the water." This element is the Geneva billionaire regarding the America's Cup, undefeated still. In the legal arena, however, rope, into which he has driven his opponent, the Oracle boss Larry Ellison, he suffered after a months-long battle a severe defeat, and in the world of boxing would be called a classical precipitation.
The stockings playful
How did it come to such an extent that a two-time Cup winner, after a successful defense in Valencia had all the advantages on his side, Only eight months later forced into a direct duel with a challenger who can dictate the rules prevent and successfully, in the sense that the Cup Bertarelli's developed? The question can be answered simply: Alinghi, the stockings, which it possessed, gambled recklessly. The superior win and the successful organization of the 32nd Cup, which generated a net profit of over a hundred million francs, led on the part of the victor to a frivolous arrogance that led to the development of a (to) one-sided protocol for the next Cup and in the choice of a Challenger of Record, which, as the New York court has now confirmed definitely not the requirements of the Deed of Gift (Deed) was equal.
to explore, too stubborn
Behind all this, may the good faith Bertarelli have been to repeat the success of the Cup, not just to beat even - with an even more stringent control of the event. But in the world of the Cup, a world of envy and resentment, where lead-rich self-promoter, the scepter, which can be risky - especially when the opponent is called Larry Ellison. Alinghi was driven too much on the tip and wanted to control the event in full, Bertarelli and his team of advisers valued the (legal) situation, a wrong and missed it later on compromise proposals of the enemy taking.
Currently Bertarelli is on the ring floor, but he is not beaten yet. His intention to move, the decision on the water finally puts light on the long (legal) tunnel. A Deed of Gift race if seen from the sporting point of view is questionable, clean up the deadlock at last. Alinghi has lost its advantages. Because no agreement has been reached, Oracle, according to the deed of foundation determine the size of the yacht (probably a trimaran), the Americans also are essential in the preparation of this bizarre race further than the Swiss.
Like Barron date have Ellison and his skipper Russell Coutts, the better Karten: Sie wollen den Best-of-three-Match noch in diesem Jahr austragen, wie das in der nun vom Gericht als legal bezeichneten Herausforderung festgelegt ist. Alinghi hingegen möchte um jeden Preis eine Verschiebung auf nächstes Jahr erreichen, die es in Verhandlungen mit Oracle oder aber vor einem Schiedsgericht oder gar erneut vor Gericht erstreiten muss. Als «Gegenpfand» besitzt der Defender das Recht, den Austragungsort zu bestimmen. Das kann er relativ kurzfristig tun, was ein Nachteil für Oracle wäre.
Alinghi-Forfait als Bumerang
Falls Oracle seine Strategie, den 33. Cup um jeden Preis 2008 zu segeln, durchsetzen sollte, droht ein Forfait Alinghis, weil das Team noch nicht bereit ist. Das könnte sich für Ellison prove a boomerang. Already, he has to live with the stigma of having excluded by his legal actions from all other Challenger Cup. by courier to pick up the Cup in Geneva, would damage his image even more. Perhaps it is sailing like in boxing: A precipitate still does not mean victory - and a troubled boxer can be very dangerous.
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