Posted on July 20, 2013. Tags: 2014 Games, 2014 Winter Olympics, Dream Teams, Faint Hope, Herb Brooks, Imperialism, International Ice Hockey, International Ice Hockey Federation, Miracle On Ice, Money Talks, National Hockey League, National Hockey League Players Association, Nhl Players, Professional Athletes, Professional Program, Regular Season Schedule, S Sports, Sochi Russia, Winter Games, Winter Olympics
I had nursed the faint hope that perhaps sports imperialism in the form of pro athletes in the hockey portion of the Winter Olympics would due out because the NHL would not alter its season to accommodate the pros in the Games. But alas (as I am in many areas since I got married!) I […]
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 July 9, 2013. Tags: Amateurs, Avery Brundage, Golf Digest, Golf Pros, Imperialism, Olympic Games, Olympic Golf, Olympic Sport, Outrage, Professional Golfers, S Sports, Showcase, Sorry Folks, Stroke Play, Television, Throwback, Wrestling
A good solid article in Golf Digest on Olympic golf in 2016. And it’s coming: And some even want to see a throwback to the Avery Brundage era and limit the competition to amateurs. Sorry, folks, but today’s Olympic Games–in almost all sports–showcase the best athletes competing in the most popular formats. So, for golf, […]
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 August 10, 2012. Tags: David Blatt, Dream Team, Gap, Global Basketball, Global Game, Imperialism, Independence From The Soviet Union, International Basketball, Olympic Basketball, Olympic Games, Olympics, Present System, S Sports, Sellout, Slave Trade, Superstars, Uproar, William Wilberforce, World Olympics, Yahoo Sports
We already know that the NBA blog and presumedly the players do not like the proposed Stern 23 and under rule for Olympic Basketball. And while it is not a complete victory, as William Wilberforce would say (he endorsed a neutral bill that had the tendency to eliminate 80% of the British slave trade), it […]
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 August 3, 2012. Tags: Amateur Team, Autograph Session, Basketball Game, Basketball Player, Better Chance, Cohort, Disrespect, Fast Breaks, Imperialism, Lebron, Mismatch, Olympic Basketball, Olympic Games, Olympic Spirit, Olympics Sports, Professional League, S Sports, True Competition, Tunisian, Usoc
156-73 I don’t know what to say I am so angry. I want to join the President Obama apology tour. This kind of outrageous mismatch is exactly the reason why the pro athletes must GO from the Olympic games. They skew the results so as to hinder true competition. They offend other nations needlessly. (And […]
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 January 19, 2012. Tags: 2010 Olympics, Coach Jim, Curling Club, Curling Olympics, Curling Team, Honorary Captain, Jim Harbaugh, Lake Tahoe, Niners, Olympic Curlers, Parys Haralson, S Sports, Saints Fan, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Bay Area, Takeo Spikes, Taylor Mays Usc, Thanks To The Lord, Tight End, Usa Curling, Usa Men
I was crushed by the defeat of the Saints by the otherwise hated 49ers (as any Saints fan will tell you, the Saints and 49ers had a huge rivalry when the 49ers were hot and the Saints were getting better and were rivals for the division title!) but one bright spot: Vernon Davis was 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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