The Norwegian cross-country star has, via one of her sponsors, gained an insight into how it works in, for example, cycling.
And there is much to learn from, believes Johannes Hösflot Kläbo.
It has become especially clear when many smaller national cross-country teams are now finding it difficult to get the finances together to be able to compete seriously.
Already a couple of weeks ago, he raised in VG the proposal to be inspired by how cycling uses professional stables rather than national teams during the regular season.
Gets support
Since then, skaters such as the British Andrew Musgrave and the Frenchman Lucas Chanavat have supported the ideas, writes VG.
- I am for innovation and it is nice to hear that it is supported by others.
Try it during a championship-free season, what do you have to lose?, says Kläbo to the newspaper.
The model with privately sponsored teams has also been successful in cross-country skiing's long-distance cup.
And for Kläbo, it's not about completely removing the national teams - that's where the championships come into the picture - but trying out the setup in the World Cup.
- There is no conclusion on what is right or wrong, but what do we have to lose?
I do not know.
I think we can profit from that, says Johannes Hösflot Kläbo.
"Exciting thought"
Several of the national team colleagues like the way Kläbo thinks.
- It is a model that works in cycling and in long runs.
So you can take ideas from there, says Hans Christer Holund.
- It would have been quite a big change, but there is no doubt that it could be a great concept.
It's an exciting thought, says Emil Iversen.