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Rule 50


The latest from the International Olympic Committee (7/7/21):

“Under Rule 50 new guidance athletes will be able to express their views on the field of play before competition so long is it is not targeted against people, not disruptive and not otherwise prohibited by national Olympic committees or international federations.”

To me this is a woke compromise position, as it was just probably changed to accommodate those U.S.A. participants that have some grudge, issue, or whatever against the U.S.A.  But come on, we all know that these “protestors,” as sure as the sun rises in the east, do not want compromise. And that is exactly what happened.

From the AP:

“Tommie Smith, Juan Carlos, and Gwen Berry as well as more than 150 athletes, educators, and activists signed a letter urging the IOC not to punish participants who protest at the Olympic Games.”

Well la-de-dah … Tommie Smith, and Juan Carlos (who raised their fists on the podium at the 1968 games in Mexico City and who apparently still have not matured,) and the haughty Gwen Berry (who has already turned her back on the U.S. flag at the Olympic trials) are not the individuals who  deserve any respect from me. The same goes for the “more than 150”( probably 151) educators and activists who signed on to this letter to the IOC. I mean really … “educators and activists.” 

For the sake of completeness (also from the AP ): “a survey conducted by the IOC athletes commission found widespread support for Rule 50.” So it seems that a myriad of Olympians do not agree with Carlos, Smith, Berry, et al.

However, it appears that the Women’s Soccer Team has its own issues. I am already po-ed at the Olympic woman’s soccer team who prior to their first game had all but three players take a knee for the National Anthem. Were these three standing players the only ones who had the wherewithal to stand up for America and stand up against their purple-haired activist captain? Doesn’t their coach realize, to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, “that a team divided against itself cannot stand.”? BTW: the score of that first game was Sweden 3. – USA 0. I wish I could say that I was saddened by that score … but I wasn’t. However, I was saddened by the kneeling. As an American, I would much rather have a mediocre team that stands for what America stands for, as opposed to a winning team that kowtows to a purple haze.

7/24/21

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