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The athlete that's probably competed in 20-30 different countries should 'travel more'? Track's probably the second most global sport there is after soccer, and an athlete at her level will spend all summer in Europe and the Middle East chasing a paycheck at meets both large and small.
Traveling to events for track isn't traveling and learning about countries. She was in some hotel room and competed. She didn't see any areas of impoverished and areas that people would die to come to the US for real opportunity.
She is as sheltered as they get. The US is paying her way and she turns her back on it. Such entitlement is makes my skin crawl along with all the others that have loved ones die for our free country. Pure privilege, but that is the new norm in her circles.
The irony is that this is one of the few countries in the world where she can pull a stunt like that and not be vilified. If she were to go to many other countries and disrespect their flag, the things they would do to her...
She is the new generation of pure privilege and entitlement. Amazing how misled she is, but it is the new norm in her circles.
Black president for 8 years in a country that is over 72% white and she is turning her back on that? Really?
So this or other athletes are not given this Right and keep their medals they win. Some many not even fear this..... still we shall see. A ability to Protest was always a US core value..... just like guns some believe once you start to ban away aspect of it.... you risk losing overall freedoms that then hit you in other ways.
I do not agree with such Sports protest during a US Anthem. Still they have that liberty yet...... Now on other Nations soils they may not.
Perhaps all should sign a waver of Political beliefs must be professing full agreement with US Government policies to represent the USA in local sports and especially Internationally? Still this would be a Supreme Court deal and we just might have its precedence start further eroding our 1st Amendment Rights and further restrictions can of worms opened up.
These athletes ALL have the right to their opinions and political positions.
The problem is introducing them into sporting competition. They are basically performing while competing. Their strength is in their performance, not their opinions.
Do we want stage actors breaking character to espouse their opinions? How about meteorologists in the middle of their forecast? Doctors doing surgery?
There is an appropriate time and place for activism. A sporting competition simply is not that time. Decorum is a very necessary and valuable virtue. It’s a bad idea to let that virtue go away.
Not to mention the sheer narcissism that these athletes possess in thinking that people are more interested in their opinions than their performance.
So this or other athletes are not given this Right and keep their medals they win. Some many not even fear this..... still we shall see. A ability to Protest was always a US core value..... just like guns some believe once you start to ban away aspect of it.... you risk losing overall freedoms that then hit you in other ways.
I do not agree with such Sports protest during a US Anthem. Still they have that liberty yet...... Now on other Nations soils they may not.
Perhaps all should sign a waver of Political beliefs must be professing full agreement with US Government policies to represent the USA in local sports and especially Internationally? Still this would be a Supreme Court deal and we just might have its precedence start further eroding our 1st Amendment Rights and further restrictions can of worms opened up.
That is not exactly true. You are referring to "Rule 50". It does not ban political statements but limits them to where they can be done...
Where are protests and demonstrations not permitted during the Olympic Games?
• At all Olympic venues, including:
o On the field of play
o In the Olympic Village
o During Olympic medal ceremonies
o During the Opening, Closing and other official Ceremonies
• Any protest or demonstration outside Olympic venues must obviously comply with local legislation wherever local law forbids such actions.
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During the Olympic Games, where do athletes have the opportunity to express their views?
While respecting local laws, athletes have the opportunity to express their opinions, including:
• During press conferences and interviews, i.e. in the mixed zones, in the International Broadcasting Centre
(IBC) or the Main Media Centre (MMC)
• At team meetings
• On digital or traditional media, or on other platforms
So if she wants to have a press conference and express her views, she is more than welcome to do that. But during the actual ceremony is not the time or place as it takes away from the competition and the achievement of others.
Without having to look it up, can anyone here tell us the names of the two competitors who came in 1st and 2nd?
Last edited by FrankNSense; 06-28-2021 at 11:44 AM..
I'm guessing about two minutes and 30 seconds. Which is more than the cumulative coverage of hammer on network tv over the last eight Olympiads.
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Originally Posted by gg
Traveling to events for track isn't traveling and learning about countries. She was in some hotel room and competed. She didn't see any areas of impoverished and areas that people would die to come to the US for real opportunity.
Said hotel room is often an Ibis Budget over by the train station and red light district. The life of a B list track and field athlete is not glamorous and often pretty low budget, especially since hammer is not on the events list for the Diamond League meetings.
And as long as they've got a common language, the athletes at those kinds of events have a lot of down time and spend a lot of time talking with each other.
This is what K-12 indoctrination will get you.....misguided hatred at such a young age.
There is no one alive today that killed Black slaves so exactly who is her anger directed at ?
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