Posted on 04/23/2021 8:29:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Athletes who try protesting by kneeling or raising a fist at official Olympic sites will face punitive measures, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced this week.
The Olympic Charter already says that any kind of demonstration or political, religious, or racial propaganda is barred in any Olympic sites, venues, or other areas. But athletes from America and other countries began kneeling protests in recent years, inspired by sports players in the United States.
The IOC Athletes’ Commission examined the matter and found that roughly seven out of 10 athletes of nearly 3,500 polled feel it is not appropriate to demonstrate at Olympic events.
“The quantitative and qualitative findings indicate that the majority of athletes want to protect the field of play, official ceremonies, and [the] podium,” a commission report states.
Any “protests and demonstrations or acts perceived as such” should not be allowed in those venues, Kirsty Coventry, head of the commission, said in a virtual briefing on Wednesday.
Slogans like “black lives matter” also are not allowed.
The commission recommended the IOC provide clarity on the punishment athletes who violate the charter will face. Violations are examined on a case-by-case basis.
The report was full of recommendations, all of which were approved by IOC Executive Board.
Coventry said that athletes will be punished if they choose to defy the rules and protest anyways.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee told athletes last month that they would not be punished for raising their fist or kneeling while accepting medals in Tokyo, as long as they were taking part in so-called racial and social justice demonstrations.
The committee defines a racial and social justice demonstration as one “specifically aimed at promoting the human dignity of individuals or groups that have historically been underrepresented, minoritized, or marginalized in their respective societal context,”
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
Yeah we will see
But the staffs in the US are mostly leftists.
Simple solution, just dont watch.
The coverage is usually garbage anyway.
“... seven out of 10 athletes of nearly 3,500 polled feel it is not appropriate to demonstrate at Olympic events..”
Hmm. I wonder what they THINK. That ‘feel’ crap... leftists always win that argument.
Crowd looks very woke and progressive.
Mass delusion.
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