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IOC keeps ban on protests
Posted on 4/21/21 at 11:22 pm
Posted on 4/21/21 at 11:22 pm
LINK to ESPN article
So apparently a survey was taken. When will our media flip out over this?
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The IOC said that it surveyed more than 3,500 athletes over the past year and that 70% said it was "not appropriate to demonstrate or express their views" on the field of play or at the opening or closing ceremony. The survey also showed that 67% of respondents disapproved of podium demonstrations.
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Upholding Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter, which prohibits any "demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda" at the Games, puts the IOC at odds with Olympic officials in the United States. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said in December that it will not take action if athletes raise their fists or kneel during the national anthem at their event trials before Tokyo
So apparently a survey was taken. When will our media flip out over this?
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 11:25 pm to sms151t
This summer is gonna be a shitshow
Posted on 4/21/21 at 11:27 pm to sms151t
You know Popobitch already has something big planned
Probably George Floyd warm ups
Probably George Floyd warm ups
Posted on 4/21/21 at 11:30 pm to The Boat
Posted on 4/21/21 at 11:31 pm to WestCoastAg
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This summer is gonna be a shitshow
disagree-if it happens in Japan
This post was edited on 4/21/21 at 11:41 pm
Posted on 4/21/21 at 11:50 pm to sms151t
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70% said it was "not appropriate to demonstrate or express their views"
So you’re saying there’s common sense outside the US?
Posted on 4/21/21 at 11:53 pm to PeteRose
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So you’re saying there’s common sense outside the US?
Silent majority my friend
Posted on 4/22/21 at 5:10 am to sms151t
Good
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:35 am to sms151t
There is almost a 0% chance that this gets applied evenly.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:45 am to sms151t
Can’t wait to boycott the Olympics also. If there’s one sport people definitely can live without, it’s one that happens once every 4 years.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:59 am to sms151t
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The IOC said that it surveyed more than 3,500 athletes over the past year and that 70% said it was "not appropriate to demonstrate or express their views" on the field of play or at the opening or closing ceremony. The survey also showed that 67% of respondents disapproved of podium demonstrations.
I'd love to see that breakdown by country.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 9:01 am to The Boat
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You know Popobitch already has something big planned
This will be the first time in my life I pull for an American team to not made the podium.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 9:52 am to Black n Gold
LINK
So it seems NBC has fired its first shot...
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The Olympics are political. The IOC ban denies reality — and athletes their voice.
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The IOC’s guidelines were not only a response to a global zeitgeist of athletes’ political expression, but also a firm rebuke to last summer’s outburst of activism.
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The bottom line is that the IOC is not against politics; it is against a certain type of politics. Banning political protest is itself a blatant political act.
So it seems NBC has fired its first shot...
This post was edited on 4/22/21 at 9:55 am
Posted on 4/22/21 at 9:55 am to sms151t
Wonder if I can find streaming coverage from sky sports or something.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 10:08 am to sms151t
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So it seems NBC has fired its first shot...
The article starts with a picture of Hitler
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By Jules Boykoff, author of "Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics"
So the guy that stands to make money off of the politicization of the Olympics is in favor of the politicization of the Olympics. Shocker.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 11:23 am to lionward2014
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There is almost a 0% chance that this gets applied evenly.
One side won't even try.
The other side has been doing this for nearly 60 years and will continue to do so.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 11:44 am to teke184
They were expelled from the village by the USOC and the IOC would have moved in next if the USOC had not done anything. So, not sure I am following you on this.
It has only happened once, that was Tommie Smith and John Carlos. So it will be really interesting to see what happens if someone protests. Will NBC make a huge statement? Will the IOC back up there words? I think the IOC will. The IOC does not want the shenanigans of politics, even though sports at its purest form is nothing but political.
What we may see is someone refusing to come get their medal as a form of protest. As protesting politically is basically offending the host of the games, in some ways.
But Juan Antonio Samaranch basically offended the US in his closing ceremonies comments in Atlanta.
It has only happened once, that was Tommie Smith and John Carlos. So it will be really interesting to see what happens if someone protests. Will NBC make a huge statement? Will the IOC back up there words? I think the IOC will. The IOC does not want the shenanigans of politics, even though sports at its purest form is nothing but political.
What we may see is someone refusing to come get their medal as a form of protest. As protesting politically is basically offending the host of the games, in some ways.
But Juan Antonio Samaranch basically offended the US in his closing ceremonies comments in Atlanta.
This post was edited on 4/22/21 at 11:50 am
Posted on 4/22/21 at 12:01 pm to The Boat
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You know Popobitch already has something big planned
If trump had won the team 100% would have stayed in the locker room. Still probably a decent chance of it
Posted on 4/22/21 at 12:06 pm to sms151t
Tommie Smith and John Carlos say frick you IOC.
This post was edited on 4/22/21 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 4/22/21 at 12:10 pm to sms151t
These fricks still owe us for the debacle on the hardwood in 1972.
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