The goals of the IOC are commendable.
Just one of those is sustainable development.
Note Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.
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Olympism365 – Sustainable Development
Category: ethics
safe and fair Gymnastics for ALL
Russia opts out of FIG competitions 2024
I’m thinking this is the best possible result for the rest of the world.
FIG made an attempt to return Russian athletes to international competition as IOC decided — and they decided not to participate.
The Olympics will be a much more positive event without Russia.
Valentina Rodionenko:
“We do not agree with any of the admission criteria that FIG has developed …
Until the international federation makes changes to its document, we will not send athletes to the starts.
This is the decision of the national team’s coaching staff.”
Tom Farden on paid admin leave
Carly Dockendorf has agreed to be interim head coach of the Red Rocks.
From the statement:
“This action comes after recent conduct and actions by Coach Farden not related to student-athlete welfare, which simply do not align with our values and expectations.”
Russians can return to FIG Jan 1, 2024
As expected, FIG will allow Russian and Belarusian athletes and their support personnel into FIG sanctioned events listed on FIG Calendar starting January 1, 2024.
I hope it works.
Sadly, I anticipate FIG regretting this decision as it will generate public protests against Putin everywhere Russians compete. I expect negative headlines every day during the Paris Olympics.
Of course there are athlete safety issues, as well. IOC already has to protect Palestinian and Israeli athletes going forward.
It would have been better to continue the ban through the Paris Olympics.
Next best would have been to allow Russian and Belarus to compete without the complications stipulated.
- No link with the Russian or Belarusian military or with any other national security agency
- No communication associated with Russia or Belarus
- No support for the war in Ukraine
All gymnasts/athletes of Russian or Belarusian sporting nationality must comply with all anti-doping requirements applicable to them, in particular those set out in the FIG Anti-Doping Rules.
Russia has already been found guilty of systematic doping. How is it fair that their athletes have not been subject to testing over the ban so far?
Read the FIG decision for yourself:
Note:
Nikita Nagornyy is Chief of the Main Staff of the All-Russia “Young Army” National Military Patriotic Social Movement Association. He’s instantly banned.
quarterback Caleb Williams on mental health
A powerful moment.
The Heisman Trophy winner 2022 was devastated after a 52–42 loss.
He went directly to the stands to sob in his mother’s arms.
Asked about his reaction after the Washington loss, Williams said it’s important to be himself.
“I’ve been an advocate for mental health, trying to show your emotions and express yourself, things like that,” Williams said to the Orange County Register’s Luca Evans.
“It’s something I’ve been doing since I was young and now, being on the national level, being able to try and share that awareness with the public.” …
Sports Illustrated
Concussion Ball is rife with toxic masculinity.
Caleb Williams is the opposite. Confident enough not to hide his emotions.
He was criticized by some dinosaurs. But I call Caleb a winner. Like Simone in Tokyo.
should Palestine or Israel be banned by IOC?
A good question.
The International Olympic Committee should be specific on what causes a nation to lose membership.
In the case of Israel, there is the additional issue of safety of their team at the Paris Olympics.
NCAA NIL is a MESS
The 3rd year of NCAA NAME, IMAGE, LIKENESS (NIL) is underway.
Unsurprisingly, the rollout has been inconsistent and unfair.
According to a study by Opendorse, the leading athlete marketplace and NIL technology company, the NIL market should grow by 11.2% to a whopping $1.17 billion. And while that’s great for all student-athletes, the lion’s share of that money is flowing into the 65 Power 5 football programs. …
More than half of $1.17 billion spent on NIL will go to 65 teams in one sport, report shows
Some additional facts from NIL year 2 via The Upside:
- Deep-pocketed alumni superfans, also known as boosters, have created complex organizations and nonprofits to effectively use as slush funds to attract the top athletes to play for their alma maters
- A group of University of Iowa superfans, pays recent transfer quarterback Cade McNamara $600 an hour for various community-oriented tasks, like delivering meals to seniors and making visits to children’s hospitals
- Michigan State football players, are simply tasked with promoting their collective’s charity via social media, … some athletes to make as much as $25,000 per post.
- University of Utah’s Crimson Collective is granting every scholarship football player a new $61,000 Dodge truck — leased to each player
- average starter at a major football program now makes about $103,000 a year, according to Opendorse, while the average men’s basketball player with a collective deal earns $37,000
- “[The collective system is] a pay-for-play scheme disguised as NIL,” Big Ten Conference commissioner Tony Petitti said at a Senate hearing in October
HOPEFULLY, the beginning of the NIL era may be remembered as a short-lived period of unregulated mayhem. The IRS is increasingly cracking down on booster organizing.
More regulation is needed. And it must be enforced.
All that said, I support College athletes getting MORE of the billion$ made by the NCAA.
But it should be done more fairly.
Livvy Dunne was the highest-valued women’s college athlete as of 2022.
One downside of fame and money is the need for security.
Ukraine’s case against Russia at the Olympics
IF Russian athletes are allowed to compete Paris, I predict almost 100% of the headlines will be negative.
How does BAD PRESS further the Olympic cause?
The ethical decision, too, is to keep the pressure on dictator Putin. If he is successful in a war against Ukraine, it will embolden China and others to invade neighbours. Putin is a danger to the entire world.
The best decision is to continue the ban — at least until after Olympics 2024.
Sportswashing – Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is an oil rich semi-dictatorship under ‘President‘ Ilham Aliyev.
Capital Baku — which hosts many FIG competitions — can be accused of sportswashing, trying to improve their international reputations tarnished by wrongdoing.
In fact, the first usage of the term “sportswashing” may have been applied to Azerbaijan hosting the 2015 European Games in Baku.
September 2023, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military offensive against Armenians in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh — internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but populated by Armenians.
Human rights organizations and experts in genocide prevention issued multiple alerts, stating that the region’s Armenian population was at risk or actively being subjected to ethnic cleansing and genocide.
I post this information here because the world seems to have mostly ignored the most recent attacks on Armenians. We should be aware of the situation every time we talk about the World Cup in Baku.
And every time we talk about Artur Davtyan, 2022 World Champion on vault. From Armenia.
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