The Politics of the 2018 World Cup

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

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4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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This week we speak to former US Olympic soccer player and the author of Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics, Jules Boykoff about the politics of the World Cup as well as the games themselves. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about why NFL owners have decided to punish those who protest during the anthem. We also have a ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ award for Devante Smith-Pelley and Draymond Green respectively. All that and more! Jules Boykoff Twitter: @JulesBoykoff https://www.amazon.com/Power-Games-Political-History-Olympics/dp/1784780723 Zirin, NFL Owners Don’t Fear Trump, They Fear Their Own Players https://www.thenation.com/article/nfl-owners-dont-fear-trump-fear-players/ — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: [email protected] | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) — Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | We Gonna Make It - Jadakiss Feat. Styles P I A Letter From Home - Ulrich Schnauss | Microphone - Slaughterhouse | The Ghetto - Too Short | Desire - Pharoahe Monch | So Wat Cha Sayin’ - EPMD | The Corner - Common Feat. The Last Poets I The Wire Theme Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	the French national team was just in Russia and had monkey chance directed at them. There
0:05.0	is that possibility that they can speak out. I mean, I think our best hope could be the French
0:10.1	in a way. Paul Pogba has been very outspoken against racism. Leonel Messi of Argentina,
0:15.1	the great goal score, has been outspoken against homophobia. And so if there is extreme cases of homophobia and racism,
0:23.0	it would be my hope that they'd use their social media platforms and maybe even have a sort of team
0:27.6	statement that chastises this kind of behavior and says how wrong it is.
0:55.4	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron. Today we speak to a professor of political science at Pacific University in Oregon, a former professional soccer player who represented the U.S. Olympic soccer team and the author of the book Power Games,
0:57.2	A Political History of the Olympics.
1:00.0	Of course, I'm talking about Jules Boykhov.
1:03.1	We are talking about the World Cup in Russia.
1:09.5	Also, I've got some choice words about the analysis that's going around about why NFL owners capitulated to Donald Trump
1:12.6	and why I think that analysis is ass backwards.
1:16.8	And lastly, I got Just Stand Up and Just Hit Your Ass Down awards,
1:20.3	including a very special hockey-infused reader-offered Just Stand-Up Award.
1:26.4	But first, let's go to Jules Boykoff.
1:33.8	Jules Boykoff, thanks so much for joining us on the podcast.
1:37.6	Thank you.
1:38.8	Now, you and I were in Brazil for the World Cup.
1:42.6	We saw the way it brought debt displacement, hyper-militarization
1:46.9	to the people of Brazil. What do we know about what the World Cup is bringing to Russia?
1:53.1	Well, the trends that we saw in Brazil are indeed trends. So we shouldn't be surprised that we see
1:59.1	the high price tags in Russia for the event.
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