Former IOC President Jacques Rogge Supports Thomas Bach's Proposed Reforms

Former IOC President Jacques Rogge "has given his seal of approval to the proposed changes his successor wants to introduce to the Games," according to Julian Linden of REUTERS. Rogge said that "he agreed with the current IOC boss Thomas Bach that reforms were needed." Rogge: "From time to time, any organization needs to reinvest itself." Since replacing Rogge, Bach "has set about developing a 40-point plan that he hopes will modernize the Olympic movement." He "has not revealed the full details of his proposals, which will be voted on next month, but has given some clues, saying he wanted to establish an Olympic television channel and introduce more flexibility to the bidding and staging of each Olympics." Rogge: "The TV channel is something that's needed to reaffirm our presence between two different games with the interval of two years" (REUTERS, 11/7).