Tokyo Summer Olympic Games 2020 News

[Monzanator 4,503]

Yeah, I wonder if pro-political members here would support Russians going with "Crimea is Russian" message?

[Federer91 2,797]

So the IOC is just covering their asses as usual.  They know athletes will undoubtedly do the BLM and if they fine, strip, DQ them, they will get a tornado from the twitter klan, so let's just say we are "letting" them do it.

[Dnl 691]

And what if Laurel Habbard will win gold and the other competitors will decide to protest it, then is it legit? What subjects consider ok to protest?  Is one agenda is ok and another is not? 

[Quaker2001 251]

11 minutes ago, Dnl said:

Sorry , but when you leave a room for protest and politics(the kind of which is not supposed to be related to the sports world) you give the option to abuse this situation, if some athletes care about a problem then act , donate the prize money to an organisation or something, raising a hand will not solve the problem 

That's where the slippery slope comes in and why I'm largely on the IOC's side on this one.  I don't know what the happy medium is and where you draw the line, let alone where the IOC is supposed to be in charge of that.  

 

4 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

So the IOC is just covering their asses as usual.  They know athletes will undoubtedly do the BLM and if they fine, strip, DQ them, they will get a tornado from the twitter klan, so let's just say we are "letting" them do it.

"do the BLM" 

 

The idea that the IOC has these rules and doesn't really specify punishment for breaking them is just to try and strike the fear of G-d in them.  Particularly for athletes who are unlikely to make it to the next Olympics (and/or if they even care)

[LDOG 2,418]

11 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Yeah, I wonder if pro-political members here would support Russians going with "Crimea is Russian" message?

We already have something very similar with the existence of a team called "chinese taipei", so...

[Vic Liu 1,682]

8 minutes ago, Dnl said:

And what if Laurel Habbard will win gold and the other competitors will decide to protest it, then is it legit? What subjects consider ok to protest?  Is one agenda is ok and another is not? 

Pro liberalism is allowed. Pro conservatism is forbidden. How dare you go against universal values!

[LDOG 2,418]

11 minutes ago, Dnl said:

And what if Laurel Habbard will win gold and the other competitors will decide to protest it, then is it legit? What subjects consider ok to protest?  Is one agenda is ok and another is not? 

IMO you can protest anything you want, but whether something will come from it is a different issue. 

[Olympian1010 7,977]

If the Olympic Games were apolitical athletes wouldn’t not represent political entities, hear the song of a political entity upon winning an event, or parade under the flag of a political entity. Athletes would not be allowed to trade pins representing political entities, wear a uniform that displays the colors/flag/symbols of a political entity, or speak in any manner about a political entity. The International Olympic Committee would not hold elections for positions, and would instead run like a private business. Governing bodies representing political entities would no longer be allowed to be member federations of international federations. The International Olympic Committee wouldn’t sing a host agreement with a local, regional, or national political body, and would instead sign agreements with private companies, individual venues, and individual vendors. The Olympic Games would not be opened by the head of a political entity, but rather by the head of the IOC or LOC.

[NearPup 3,051]

15 minutes ago, Dnl said:

And what if Laurel Habbard will win gold and the other competitors will decide to protest it, then is it legit? What subjects consider ok to protest?  Is one agenda is ok and another is not? 

The precedent for protesting the results of an event on the podium is quite well established.

 

That being said the IOC should obviously not punish athletes who question the fairness of the IOC's policy on transgendered athletes, even if they do so at the games.

[Federer91 2,797]

1 minute ago, Vic Liu said:

Pro liberalism is allowed. Pro conservatism is forbidden. How dare you go against universal values!

 

Hmm, universal values for 30 countries out of 200, very universal indeed.