The president of the German Olympic Committee (NOK) arrived back from his vacation and attempted to get the Leipzig 2012 bid out of chaos and under control.
Klaus Steinbach, the NOK president urged that bid discussions should be held internally “and not across the media”.
Indeed, there have been daily media reports over the past couple of weeks about Leipzig’s 2012 bid leadership, and some controversy surrounding the announcement of a more compact bid plan and the elimination of venues in Riesa. It seemed that major stakeholders in Leipzig’s bid were communicating using the media and not the telephone.
Although the confusion and infighting was mostly reported on a blow-by-blow basis locally in Germany, GamesBids.com has also been covering the events offering competing bids, such as London and New York, a view of what was going on.
Stenbach stressed to his colleagues that discussions should be held in meetings, behind closed doors and that Leipzig 2012 should speak to the media with one voice.
The controversy began when bid officials second-guessed the appointment of Mike de Vries as head of the bid. De Vries later resigned his post which had not yet begun.
