Tag Archive | Professional Athletes
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 January 6, 2013. Tags: Amateur Event, Bob Costas, Defending Champion, Filip, Grimaldi, Guess, Hockey Championships, Hockey World Championships, Ice Hockey World Championships, Imperialism, Junior Ice Hockey, Minute Span, Olympic Games, Olympics, Power Play, Professional Athletes, Rocco, Sandberg, Second Period, Wikipedia
Here is a online poll in a Milwaukee newspaper on whether professional athletes should be in the Olympic Games and I urge my readers who agree with me that it is sports imperialism to vote NO! To show the sporting and balance in a more amateur event – the Junior ice hockey world championships were […]
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 1, 2012. Tags: 2002 Winter Games, Acceptance Speech, Basketball Coach, Bribery Scandal, Ethics And Integrity, Future Generations, Good Folks, Lake Winter, Line In The Sand, Mike Eruzione, Miracle On Ice, Mitt Romney, Olympic Spirit, Professional Athletes, Ron Paul, Salt Lake Winter Olympics, Sports Heroes, Walkout, Winter Games, Winter Olympics
I was amazed last evening while waiting for the walkout of Romney’s acceptance speech by the Ron Paul delegates that never occurred. I was amazed to hear one of our genuine sports heroes, Mike Eruzione, one of the captains of the Miracle on Ice hockey team, say Mitt Romney saved the Olympics. Yes that Mike […]
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 14, 2012. Tags: Adversity, Amateur Status, Bad Guys, Bleacher Report, Dream Team, Gold Medal, Internet Article, Lake Placid, Leviathan, Matt Hunter, Miracle On Ice, Olympic Games, Other Sports, Professional Athletes, Purses, Summer And Winter, Team Sports, Usa Hockey Team, Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics
This column in Bleacher Report by Matt Hunter in 2009 says it right: No pro athletes in the Olympics! Olympics today are filled with professional athletes in all team sports in both the summer and winter Olympic games. The Olympics has lost that edge that it once possessed. The youth and up and coming players […]
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 14, 2012. Tags: Ancient Sports, Athletic Career, Competition Soccer, Different Cultures, Household Names, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, London 2012, Lucrative Event, Modicum, Olympic Basketball, Olympic Soccer, Professional Athletes, Quality Team, Serious Sports, Soccer Tournament, Soviet Bloc, Sports Competition, Sports Event
Yesterday, I blogged on someone who DOES GET IT: Michael Callahan at the Philly Post! Today, Theodore Furchtgott, at Real Clear Sports takes the opposite position: Olympic Soccer should be more like basketball! Yes, really: And though the Olympic basketball cannot match the NBA in terms of general quality, Team USA will include such household […]
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 6, 2012. Tags: Agenda 21, Cease And Desist Letter, Co Founder, Commercialization, Dream Team 1992, Forbes Co, Fundamental Principles, Fundraise, General Counsel, Knitting, Male Athletes, Olympic Games, Olympism, Professional Athletes, States Olympic Committee, Summer Games, True Nature, United States Olympic Committee, Usoc, Women Athletes
The United States Olympic Committee recently sent a “cease and desist” letter to a knitting website named ravelry.com who wanted to have a knitting contest during the Summer Games. From the general counsel’s letter (try not to laugh all at once): “We believe using the name ‘Ravelympics’ for a competition that involves an afghan marathon, […]
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 April 13, 2012. Tags: Basketball Team, Dwyane Wade, Eric Liddell, Gary Hall Jr, Harold Abrahams, Jesse Owens, Little Chance, Nba Stars, Olympic Athletes, Olympic Games, Olympic Swimmer, Opening Ceremonies, Patriotism, Paul Newberry, Professional Athletes, Proud One, Swimmer Gary Hall, Tiny Nations, Usa Basketball, Usa Olympic Team
This is an extraordinary article in the AP by Paul Newberry on the statements Dwayne Wade of the NBA made in regard to the Olympic Games. Here is Newberry’s talk on the Wade remarks: A day earlier, Wade was quoted as saying there should be some compensation for NBA stars who give up a good […]
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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