Posted on February 13, 2013. Tags: Abc News, Entire Season, Espn, Final Decision, Global Participation, International Olympic Committee, Ioc, Member Board, Olympic Games, Olympic Spirit, Pound Weight Class, Professional Basketball, Reality Show, Reality Tv Show, Record Crowd, Second Period, Show Time, Ticket Sales, True Motives, Tv Ratings, Weight Class
In an astounding move, the International Olympic Committee has put wrestling, that’s right, wrestling, out of the Olympic Games! Here’s the ABC news report; Here’s an ESPN report. The reasons stated, courtesy of the ESPN report: The board voted after reviewing a report by the IOC program commission that analyzed 39 criteria, including TV ratings, […]
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 December 16, 2012. Tags: Eastern Bloc Nations, Government Interference, Governmental Interference, Independent Sports, India Sports, Indian Olympic Association, International Olympic Committee, Ioa Members, Ioc, Last Winter, National Sovereignty, National Sports, Nsfs, Olympic Charter, Olympic Movement, Own The Podium, S Sports, Sports Programs, Sports Sponsorship, Winter Olympics
This article made me see red today: Suspension of Indian Olympic Association figures in RS The reason cited by the International Olympic Committee was (get this!) “governmental interference”. Don’t laugh too hard. You might get hurt. Here are the pertinent paragraphs: In a huge embarrassment for India, the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday suspended the […]
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 December 13, 2012. Tags: Dr Gill, Electoral Reforms, Former Sports, Imperialism, Indian Government, Indian Sports, International Olympic Committee, Ioa, Ioc, Olympic Association, Olympic Games, Olympic Movement, Olympic Official, Olympics Sports, Paper Tigers, Professional Athletes, Remarkable Story, Sports Official, Term Limits, Unfairness, Verge, Visionary
There is a remarkable story that I must research further on the IOC suspending the India Olympic Association from the Olympic movement. I do not know what the facts are yet. But here’s an interview with a former Indian Sports Minister [Dr. R. S. Gill] who seems to be close to what is occurring in […]
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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Posted on September 8, 2012. Tags: Bad News, Candidature, Dope, Forfeiture, Imposition, International Federations, International Olympic Committee, Noncompliance, Olympic Charter, Private Organization, Ratification, Signatories, Signatory, Sovereignty, State Parties, Symbiosis, Unesco, Unesco Convention, Usoc, Wada
My review of the 2009 Anti-Doping Code gets worse for liberty and sovereignty lovers. There is a provision that says if you do not enact the associated with the Anti-Doping Code can’t be in the Olympics! 23.5 Additional Consequences of a Signatory’s Noncompliance with the Code Noncompliance with the Code by any Signatory may result […]
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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