Minister of Culture and Sports, Trooper Corps, Spoke today (Monday) on ONE’s new interview program and referred to the arrival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Teddy Stadium a week and a half before the election, to increase the number of spectators in the stands and also to the score he gives himself so far in his tenure at the Ministry of Sports.
What did you think of the Prime Minister’s arrival in Teddy?
“I hope it will not be just a week and a half before the election, a whole year from which I have not heard a word. “People want to be heard all year long and not just before the election approaches.”
Did you feel it was a show and not something real?
“Everyone saw it. Less concerned with it, sports flourish with politics on the sidelines. The challenge right now is to bring back the crowd and the sport in full and we are on our way to paying. The meeting with Oren Hasson? When the prime minister calls you respect him and come. It happens if we work hard all year and that is what we are trying to do, and what we did not provide we will work hard to make it happen. “
Is it possible to patent Bloomfield with 5,000-6,000 already on Saturday in the derby?
“I do not think we will suffice because the next meeting is on Sunday and the derby on Saturday. It is also related to Ben Gurion Airport, to trade. At the strategic level it is clear that the goal is to increase on Sunday and significantly. I have a meeting with the Minister of Health later. “
What number are you talking about?
“I am careful to scatter numbers because results are better. I think it should have reached a third of the contents already in the next cycle. In the big stadiums it’s something like 10,000 people and it was difficult for the Ministry of Health. It will grow, to what extent? I do not know how to say. “
What grade do you give yourself for your term?
“I do not give grades, whoever chose me will give grades.”
Are there things you are proud of that you did along the way?
“First of all that we kept the sport above the water in a difficult year, everyone got hit and nothing was perfect. In relation to other areas of the economy, sports with the advanced safety net, which the state spends over one hundred million NIS to help teams, so we made sports stable and it held. In addition, there are strategic plans in sports, we built a plan for the decade ahead – pools, halls, these are things we worked on during the year as well. “Infrastructure is a move of several years, I do not know where I will be and I hope I will continue, but I would like to be able to be a little longer and have more time.”
What would you do differently?
“I love sports, it’s true, but it takes time to learn and this year there are no days of grace. I understand today things I did not understand a year ago. All the appointments were professional, like Pinto who loves sports, understands financially, has nothing to do with any politician and such things will promote the sport in the end. I really wanted to cooperate with the Ministry of Education. Here people have no patience, I want to prepare a program for elementary schools, high schools, kindergartens, that will teach the values of sports. I have no accusations that the firm was immersed in Corona this year. “
What do you think about the activists in Israeli sports?
“Everywhere there is, in recent years things have changed. In general, I do not stir or go into places that work well. ”
What do you think of Abraham Grant?
“I value people like him with experience and matter-of-factness, these are things that are missing in Israeli sports, to know what is good. I get help from him and other characters, it’s good to get help because I don’t have all the wisdom. “
What do you wish for Israeli sports in the coming year?
“There is an Olympics and we hope to bring achievements. In the longer term mainly investing in infrastructure, we are making a big reform in this whole issue, a country like Israel needs to focus on its strong things like judo, sailing and others. Invest in coaches as well as education. It has always been said that the quality of the student should not exceed the quality of the teacher and therefore one should invest in coaches. Sports will benefit if the investment is such, they will reap the rewards. There are no shortcuts. ”
What will happen in the election, will you leave the office?
“As it turns out, we are on our way to a fifth election. Do not want to get into politics too much. “Whoever wants something more balanced and responsible, so we as blue and white should be there and hope we keep the country.”