Posted on February 13, 2013. Tags: Amateur Sports, Beach Volleyball, Bronco Cup, Corporatization, Denver Bronco, Golf Tournaments, Mascots, Olympic Events, Olympic Games, Olympic Movement, Olympic Wrestler, One Life To Live, Pole Vaulting, Pro Golf, Professional Players, Professionalization, Rulon Gardner, Sports Olympics, Television Coverage, Wsj
I just found this article at the WSJ by Jason Gay. It has several gems in it. First the mighty Olympic wrestler whose “miracle on the mat” win in 2000, Rulon Gardner, says this about the IOC decision to ditch wrestling from the Games: “The Olympic movement used to be about amateur sports,” Gardner told […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on October 1, 2012. Tags: Amateur Competition, Amateur Competitions, Amateur Division, Amateur Sports, Basketball Teams, Cinderella, Imperialism, Ioc, Medals, Moneyed Interests, Ncaa, Ncaa Tournament, Olympic Games, Olympics, Other Sports, Pro Basketball, Professional Team, Sports Basketball, Sports Tennis, Usoc
I am still concerned about the Olympic Games. I have not backed off a bit: It’s still sports imperialism to have pro athletes at the Games because not every nation can field a professional team or train pro athletes in sports like tennis. But I realize that the IOC, the USOC and the moneyed interests […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on September 23, 2012. Tags: Amateur Sports, Ambush Marketing, Bye Law, Bylaw, Coach Trainer, Espn, Field Athletes, Forming A Union, Heart Of The Matter, International Olympic Committee, Ioc Chairman, Ioc Executive Board, Jacques Rogge, Olympic Athletes, Olympic Games, Olympic Participants, Olympic Sponsors, Person Name, Professionalization, Serena Williams
I was trying to decide how to feel about this article: Appalled or thrilled? I have a bit of both feelings based on who the parties are and their positions: On one side is the track and field athletes, prohibited by the (other side) IOC from even mentioning sponsors that have helped them get to […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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