Daily: SHUT UP AND PLAY? Why sport is always political

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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As footballers take the knee and culture warriors try to whip up a minority to boo, and the Tokyo Olympics teeter on the edge of cancellation, should we just accept that sport has always been inherently political? Jules Boykoff, former footballer, politics lecturer at Pacific University in Oregon and author of four books on the history of the Olympics, talks to Alex Andreou about the politics of sport’s showpiece event, whether the Tokyo Games will happen… and if it’s right to contact out politics to inexperience sportspeople. “Rule 50 outlaws expressions of politics at the Olympics… it’s a rule rooted in both power and hypocrisy” “The IOC are totally happy to have a made-for-TV event with no fans, as long as money heads into their coffers” “In major sports leagues 45-60% of the revenues to go to the athletes. At the Olympics it’s just 4.1%” “I don’t believe that every athlete should be an activist… but when it comes to athlete activism, now is a really exciting time to be alive” “The Olympic Committee is a profit-gobbling cartel… and one of the least accountable sports bodies in the world. Presented by Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.0	Keep politics out of sport, echo a multitude of politicians
1:18.0	every time an athlete says or does something inconvenient.
1:21.0	But politics has always been a part of sport. From the ancient
1:25.3	olympiad, conceived as a breather from conflict between city states, to Jesse Owen
1:31.7	destroying claims of a master race in front of that angry little man with a peculiar mustache in 1936.
1:40.0	So is it possible to keep politics out of sport and is it even desirable?
1:46.0	My guest today is the perfect partner with which to chew over these questions.
1:50.7	Jules Boykov teaches political science at Pacific University in Oregon and
1:55.1	specializes in sports politics. He's the author of four books in the Olympic Games
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