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important.....we’re opening up ourselves to them. So for them to come into our
programme, obviously we’re definitely open to them. (personal communication,
April 14, 2008)
PSF3 made clear that “we don’t have any problems sharing what we do” (personal
communication, April 16, 2008). Further the partnership document was an example of their
willingness to share with the PSF “obviously, yes, that’s what the partnership agreement is
about” (personal communication, April 16, 2008). PSF6 provided this example on what the
PSF was willing to share with the NSO:
Absolutely, I mean my example before of the video library. I mean, we’ve
assembled all of this stuff, it’s in here, we’re quite happy to, we’ve got medical staff,
we’ve got all sorts of things, so I mean, but I mean we’re just trying to do all of that,
formalise so that we’ve fronted up with a hell of a pile of money to do what we’ve
done, and we don’t believe that [the NSO] should get it for nothing, there’s a cost
involved, it will be an absolute mates rate cost, but they can help us and we can help
them. (personal communication, May 26, 2008)
When talking about the PSFs willingness to share reports with the NSO, they felt
that the NSO had never requested any. PSF4 elaborated:
I haven’t, personally me, I haven’t given them any reports, but if they were for
instance to come to me and say, hey we’re interested in your TV numbers this past
season, do you have those figures? Sure, I’d give those to them.... so far they have
not asked me for any information or reports, but I would be willing to share with
them, absolutely. (personal communication, April 24, 2008)
However if they were asked for any information they would surely provide it. PSF2
said “but we’ve never really got to the stage where someone’s actually needed a report”
(personal communication, April 14, 2008). When questioned, it was clear that ideas were
being shared PSF5 said “[we] certainly share ideas and vision and things that we think
would be good for the game” (personal communication, April 24, 2008).
PSF3 again linked this willingness to the partnership document:
All these things that we’re talking about, this partnership thing is about that. It’s that,
we have a knowledge base and a resource base here that we can make available
there, they’re putting all the coaches together in these environments and so yes,
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