Poll 78/100 | Do you think that sports with governance issues should be removed from the Olympic Programme?

[Fly_like_a_don 1,090]

A little different poll! 

 

#22 days to go 

[phelps 7,677]

if this means corruption, covering doping scandals and money stealing...well, there's no need to answer to that...obviously they have to be thrown out (and for a very long period, until at least every single person involved in the previous crimes is still trolling around the sport in any role in any Country, even if only at local level)...

 

if this means "only" some kind of internal fights for the leading positions, they should be fixed, maybe even some kind of punishment might be given, but I don't think a full ban from the Games would be required (unless things get worse and worse after the first warning)...

 

so, I just picked the 3rd option (I don't know) because of this dilemma...

[pdr4332 218]

Yes yes yes yes yes!
 

Ultimatum to IWF and throw them out from 2024 even if they refuse to reform.

 

Will be interested to see what happens now with AIBA.
They promise to clean up themselves, I dont know how credible is that.

At least their new Hungarian sec-gen is a popular (here in this country) former boxer [Kovacs “Koko” Istvan] unlike Ajan, Gyarfas, and similar shady personalities which this country “gave” to the world of international sport governance.

[Monzanator 4,503]

China won the weightlifting medal table at the last FIVE SOG (ever since women were allowed to compete in 2000). No way IOC takes weightlifting out of its programme

[MHSN 3,621]

temporarily maybe

 

but you have to punish the corrupt people. not the sport but I understand this is the only leverage IOC has to force them to reform.

[mpjmcevoy 362]

6 hours ago, phelps said:

if this means corruption, covering doping scandals and money stealing...well, there's no need to answer to that...obviously they have to be thrown out (and for a very long period, until at least every single person involved in the previous crimes is still trolling around the sport in any role in any Country, even if only at local level)...

 

if this means "only" some kind of internal fights for the leading positions, they should be fixed, maybe even some kind of punishment might be given, but I don't think a full ban from the Games would be required (unless things get worse and worse after the first warning)...

 

so, I just picked the 3rd option (I don't know) because of this dilemma...

Pretty good answer. A sport like Weightlifting, where EWF and IWF are almost broken beyond repair, the kindest thing might be to kick the port out and try and rebuild from the ground up, abandoning IWF and seeking recognition for a new confederation altogether. Sort of AIBA on steroids (parden the pun)

 

A sport like Swimming where FINA are clearly pretty shit and pretty corrupted, but the sport itself is not hopelessly riddled shoud be punished, but not to the same extent.