The paywall contract consequences

IFSC and Flosports have signed a 3 year contract hoping to get some good money to both parties, based on a 20 USD a month deal for live-streaming of World Cups. For some reason, IFSC did not bother to communicate and explain the rationale neither internally nor externally. Because of the extreme criticism from the climbing community, Meiringen was streamed free of charge on Youtube. On Wednesday, "Various possibilities for the live streaming of IFSC events will be discussed throughout the week with the stakeholders to make sure the IFSC continue to promote both Athletes and Events in the best way." IFSC has signed a contract which means they can not just break the deal with Flosports without paying a penalty. The only way for the community to break the deal is to not pay the USD 20, making Flosports understand they will loose money in the long run. Even the athletes have been discussing refusing being interviewed in the live-streaming. Even so, it is important that somebody in IFSC takes the blame and steps down, as otherwise, the organisation can not be trusted to make other bad decisions in the future.