Case Study: Cassie Vs. Kelsang
Cassie versus Kelsang
Cassie: "I was also told directly that...our normal '2015 Summer Camp' and normal '2016 winter camp' will be impossible to arrange this year...TNSA began to block the activities of the program."
Kelsang: " I told her, Kalachakra Initiation and Tibetan New Year coincide with the said camps. Players may want to take parts the events and spend time with their families. I didn't block them from playing. Evidence is, their first ever match was played as an exhibition match during GCM 2012. I told her there are as many as 28 Tibetan football clubs are participating in GCM 2015, so, an opening game won't be possible. Doesn't that make sense?
Cassie: "...invitations from abroad started coming in inviting the Select Team...TNSA intercepted invitations and tried to hide them..."
Kelsang: "Not a single invitation came! What to hide?
Cassie: "Mr Kelsang said the team can never travel abroad because it is too stressful for him".
Kelsang: "I told her its stressful. When travelling abroad , the most challenging task is to sustain the players in the team and bring them back to India once the tournament is …show more content…
Twenty-one tournaments has held till date. In its last tournament, held on May26-June 5, 2015 at Upper TCV, Dharamsala, 28 Tibetan football clubs and 448 players from India, USA, Canada, Nepal and Europe took part in the tournament. DYSA Mundgod lifted GCM Gold Cup 2015 winning prize money of Rs 1,00,000. Since 2003, TNSA took over the responsibility of organizing the most coveted game in Tibetan diasporas.
Status of Tibetan Football: National and International
"FIFA currently recognizes 23 non-sovereign entities as football teams, but refuses to recognize Tibet. Pressure from the Chinese government has influenced their decisions over the years", explains
Cassie: "I was also told directly that...our normal '2015 Summer Camp' and normal '2016 winter camp' will be impossible to arrange this year...TNSA began to block the activities of the program."
Kelsang: " I told her, Kalachakra Initiation and Tibetan New Year coincide with the said camps. Players may want to take parts the events and spend time with their families. I didn't block them from playing. Evidence is, their first ever match was played as an exhibition match during GCM 2012. I told her there are as many as 28 Tibetan football clubs are participating in GCM 2015, so, an opening game won't be possible. Doesn't that make sense?
Cassie: "...invitations from abroad started coming in inviting the Select Team...TNSA intercepted invitations and tried to hide them..."
Kelsang: "Not a single invitation came! What to hide?
Cassie: "Mr Kelsang said the team can never travel abroad because it is too stressful for him".
Kelsang: "I told her its stressful. When travelling abroad , the most challenging task is to sustain the players in the team and bring them back to India once the tournament is …show more content…
Twenty-one tournaments has held till date. In its last tournament, held on May26-June 5, 2015 at Upper TCV, Dharamsala, 28 Tibetan football clubs and 448 players from India, USA, Canada, Nepal and Europe took part in the tournament. DYSA Mundgod lifted GCM Gold Cup 2015 winning prize money of Rs 1,00,000. Since 2003, TNSA took over the responsibility of organizing the most coveted game in Tibetan diasporas.
Status of Tibetan Football: National and International
"FIFA currently recognizes 23 non-sovereign entities as football teams, but refuses to recognize Tibet. Pressure from the Chinese government has influenced their decisions over the years", explains