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Fresno Case

The Fresno Case is the name assigned by the Catalonia media and public opinion to the controversial decision of the Federation of International Roller Sports (FIRS) assembly held at Fresno, California, United States, on 26 November 2004, against the admission of Catalonia as a member of the organization, resulting in its expulsion and the loss of the international status it enjoyed as provisional member. It meant that for the first time in history, an international sport team that had been accepted provisionally was later not accepted definitely. At the same time, it was the first time that a regional sport team (Catalonia) had been registered with the opposition of the state the region belonged to (Spain).

Spain's opposition
Some Catalan media have denounced the pressions by the Spanish government and sport organizations on the members of the assembly. Representatives from Chile or Italy (Sabatino Aracu, member of Forza Italia) were allegedly pressured or received instructions from their national governments. The Czech Republic representative Radek Pavelec admitted that his federation had received pressures from the Spanish government. The German representative admitted that she was contacted by the German MP for Sport demanding the vote against Catalonia. He asked her to make sure she was coming back from Fresno with a "No" against Catalonia. In addition, a letter of the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD, the Spanish Council for Sports) to the Colombian federation in which the Spaniards were asking for the vote against Catalonia has been made public. In that letter the CSD stated that the recognition of Catalonia would alter the Spanish sport national unity and would create a wrong precedent. The same letter was sent to some other South American federations. ==Repetition of the vote in Rome==
Repetition of the vote in Rome
On 29 November 2005, the FIRS assembly, meeting in Rome, he repeated the final vote on the admission of the Catalan Federation of Skating. In this case, the method of voting was secret and the president of the Catalan Federation, Ramon Basiana, was able to defend the nomination. The extraordinary meeting in Rome of the FIRS rejected by 125 votes to 43 for admission as a full member of the Catalan Federation of Skating. ==References==
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