Cross Country Canada Needs Your Support for the Canadian Amateur Sport Network
By:  Team XC Ottawa   (2008/07/02)

Cross Country Canada has joined with the rest of Canada’s amateur sport community to support the Canadian Olympic Committee’s CRTC applications for English (Canadian Amateur Sports Network - CASN) and French (Réseau du sport amateur canadien - RSAC) television broadcast licenses.

These licenses would represent a major benefit to amateur sport in general and to cross country skiing in particular. These new channels would dramatically increase the profile of our athletes as well as provide significant funding for amateur sports bodies in Canada.

We are asking for a mandatory status for these French and English channels, which means that every household in Canada would have access to them. This would give our sport and athletes at all levels television exposure across Canada, helping to grow our sport and attract sponsorship.

In order to persuade the CRTC to grant our licenses, we need a strong show of support from the Canadian sport community.

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP

1. REGISTER YOUR SUPPORT ONLINE NOW AT www.casn-rsac.ca. IT WON’T TAKE MORE THAN A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME.

2. FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO YOUR COLLEAGUES, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS SO THAT THEY, TOO, CAN REGISTER THEIR SUPPORT FOR CASN.

More information on the applications is available on the www.casn-rsac.ca website. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you wish additional information.

Thank you for supporting our CASN/RSAC applications.

Yours in sport,

Al Maddox

Executive Director

Cross Country Canada