YES, everyone agrees it’s absurd to up-value double double by only 0.1. This is the hardest skill in WAG.
Category: ethics
protesting on the podium
Věra Čáslavská made clear her opposition to the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Tommie Smith and John Carlos were less subtle at those same Olympics.
In his autobiography, Silent Gesture, Smith stated that the gesture was not a “Black Power” salute, but a “human rights salute”. …
In a perfect world we would keep politics and sport separate.
We don’t live in a perfect world.
On Nov. 1, Smith and Carlos will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame, an honor bestowed because of their “character, conduct and off-field contributions,” as well as their athletic achievements.
Nancy Armour – USA TODAY – Opinion: ‘We were wrong,’ as USOPC finally do right by Tommie Smith, John Carlos
It’s been 51 years since the USA expelled Tommie and John. Time to make it right.
related:
- Rosalie Fish runs for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
- allowing athletes to speak freely – Race Imboden kneels on the podium
California: College athletes can be paid 2023
Scholarship athletes are already paid to compete NCAA.
What we are talking about here is allowing the best to negotiate to be paid more.
Defying the NCAA, California’s governor signed a first-in-the-nation law Monday that will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements — a move that could upend amateur sports in the U.S. and trigger a legal challenge.
Under the law, which takes effect in 2023, students at public and private universities in the state will be allowed to sign deals with sneaker manufacturers, soft drink makers or other businesses and profit from their images, names or likenesses, just like the pros. …
The new law applies to all sports, though the big money to be made is in football and basketball. It bars schools from kicking athletes off the team if they get paid. …
But while the NCAA is the top governing body for college sports, membership is voluntary. If the California schools are forced out, they could form a new league. …
The NCAA does let some athletes accept money in some instances. Tennis players can accept up to $10,000 in prize money per year, and Olympians can accept winnings from their competitions. Plus, schools in the big “Power 5” conferences can pay players yearly cost-of-living stipends of between $2,000 and $4,000.
The NCAA reported $1.1 billion in revenue in 2017.
For example, here’s what Katelyn Ohashi thinks about the issue.
USAG team selection transparency
Good job.
As with their Men’s team, USAG circulated minutes of the 2019 World Championships Athlete Selection Committee Meeting from September 23, 2019.
I wish, Canada, by comparison, did the same thing. Every nation should do so.
That said, many — including Spencer — are questioning the logic of leaving behind one of their highest Bars scores — Morgan Hurd.
With Riley out, USA is least deep on Bars.
Hambüchen has something to say
With Worlds in Germany I expect we’ll be hearing a lot from Fabian.
“The general problem is that there is next to no incentive to pursue a career as a coach in German gymnastics. …
Todays generation of up-and-comers has a different mindset than we did. I always had an eagerness and drive as a 15- or 16-year old to overtake my elder sportsmen and be better. In many, I don’t see that anymore. The certain edge and passion is missing. …”
HAMBÜCHEN: TO THE NEW GENERATION, THE INSTAGRAM STORY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE TRAINING
related – Fabian is still training for fun and fitness. And still looks great.
Russia could be banned from Tokyo 2020
Putin loves sport.
I suspect corruption in Russian Anti-Doping goes all the way to the top.
The World Anti-Doping Agency has given Russia 3 weeks to explain how multiple positive drug tests were deleted from a database during the agency’s investigation into the massive doping scandal that broke in 2016.
Why it matters: If Russia doesn’t comply, the country will likely be banned from next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. …
Who can compete WAG? MAG?
Obviously every athlete has the right to compete in sport.
In many sports, athletes must compete EITHER in the women’s category, or the men’s.
In the case of Caster Semenya, she was allowed to compete in the women’s division until an IAAF rule change. She is appealing that May 2019 decision.
In Connecticut, male athletes who identify as female have been allowed to compete in Track and Field.
Two of their competitors, Selina Soule and Alanna Smith, feel that’s unfair to them.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has agreed to investigate the situation in Connecticut.
We have a long, long way to go before this issue is decided.
Kareem and John Wooden
The great Basketball coach John Wooden died in 2010 at the age of 99.
In 2017 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar published his book.
Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court
Evocative photos.
#ThanksCoach
Heart this.
Abigail Pesta’s The Girls
I haven’t read The Girls yet.
But here’s one review:
The survivors and those who advocate for them are the only voices telling the story. This is partially due to the fact that numerous others in the larger investigation—people who have been subsequently fired, charged or outed as having aided Nassar—refused to comment or never responded to Pesta’s requests.
Pesta also makes no effort to explain Nassar’s motivations or to locate the “man” behind the “monster.” It’s a choice that makes the book stronger, and as a true crime story, it makes a case for how these narratives can be told in a victim-centering way. …
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