Their argument is that .org is akin to a school owning large playing fields in the middle a rapidly expanding city. Selling off some or all of an asset that ha

Their argument is that .org is akin to a school owning large playing fields in the middle a rapidly expanding city. Selling off some or all of an asset that has become unexpectedly valuable can fund the organisation’s wider mission with a windfall endowment. No one buys such an argument in this case because, just as sports are a big part of school, so too is it ICANN’s core mission to provide equitable access to names in TLDs — or at least that’s what most people would say it is. (Apologies if this ruffles the feathers of anyone fighting a school playing field sell off battle, especially if you also own yourschool.org too.)