Letter of Support
• Having such a talent identification and training facility here will greatly increase Albania's chances ofearning its first Olympic medal in the near future.
• The estimated economic impact of the Academy, $30,000,000 per year, will significantly affect Albania's foreign exchange position and thus stimulate additional capital and job creation in this country.
• Every nation desires to have cordial relations with its neighbors. Albania is particularly eager to cement good relations with our immediate neighbors, Montenegro, Kosovo Macedonia, and Greece. We think the Academy's location here will spur increased sports competition, sports tourism and sports cooperation within our region.
• Albania also wishes to cement good relations with our more distant neighbors,
Since most nations of North Africa and the Middle East under perform in the Olympics,our assistance to them via the Global Academy is expected to result in much good will and gratitude directed towards Albania and the Academy's American sponsors.
• The Academy is a research institution since all of its faculty members and coaches are expected to engage in fundamental or applied research. Since sports achievements depend largely upon healthy minds and bodies, we expect major research studies to be centered here and thereby attract funds from a variety of institutions, including governments concerned with health and disease prevention, medically and pharmaceutically oriented industries, major sports organizations such as FIFA, the NFL, The NBA, MLB, NHL, tennis and golf associations and others. Such research studies, we believe, will have an entirely positive effect upon the university and research climate in Albania.
• We will assist the Academy to become incorporated in Albania and enjoy a status equivalent to America's 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.
• We will work with the appropriate Albania Government agencies to secure visas and work permits for non-Albanian employees of the Academy.
• We will work with the Albanian Foreign Ministry to acquaint all of the 96 nations that have never won an Olympic medal that our government is cooperating with the Global Academy to assist those nations' Olympic Committees and sports ministries in their ambitions to win their "fair share" of international athletic honors, not only in the Olympics and the World Cup, but in other sports endeavors as well, for example, golf and sports tourism.
• We will work with the appropriate Albanian government authorities to ensure that there will be no unreasonable restrictions on bringing into and taking out of Albania television broadcasting equipment used by television companies from around the world (When, for example, Turkey's Under 12 children play Brazil in soccer, we expect very great interest not only in those nations but in most of the smaller nations as well).
• We will work with the Academy and the Albanian Ministries of Sports and Education to ensure that full understanding exists. We contemplate forming an advisory council that will anticipate any misunderstanding and that will take immediate action to avoid any conflicts.
• We will assist the Academy to work with the Albanian Securities and Exchange Commission so that the Academy may have Government permission to seek private investors, including sports fans who may wish to share in the pleasure experienced by the ''privileged few" who win sports honors.