Topic: Role of sports in politics - page 3. (Read 440 times)

Athletes can be used as propagandists, especially if they have a lot of followers at their backing. They can push for ideologies and even gain more followers on what their political affiliation is, and that's a huge impact. They are the 'voice' of a political ideology/party and some of their activities outside sports would certainly be for the promotion of the same political idea/party.

Although this is the case, there are still instances wherein athletes' push for discussions concerning politics were shut off. One good example is Lewis Hamilton. He was only taken seriously when he already cemented his status as a legendary F1 racer, which goes to show that if you're not that known in the sports scene, you'll only get set aside until you prove yourself.

The majority of Sports are government funded and regulated and they represent their countries sportsman may not be politicians but they represent their government it's not the individual that is targeting but what it represents the ban and boycott is not targeting a group or individual but the government it represents, sad to say sports is part of the politics of the world you cannot separate them even if the group or individual don't want to.

As days go and the war continous then sanctions and things involved getting worst as days go past ahead and it would affect several industries including sports and other ones too
which we might able to say that it shouldnt be included on such decisions but we know that there are regulatory bodies which imposes laws and decisions on time like these.
We cant do anything about it but to follow and if you do tend to oppose? you would just simply be ignored.

^ This, and I also agree and as you and see the most was affected are those who have in business like gambling industry and sports event has been canceled and postponed because of the war and some are rejected because they are Russian, it should be government vs government, there are no innocent people involved. The sanction against Russia has been spread and supported in many countries and it seems like the whole world now is gainst to Russia, is there a chance that the selfish leader in Russia will be put in jail and people will protest on this?

they are one of the collateral damages of putin's aggression to ukraine. the world reacts this way. and this is indeed a very unfortunate time for their athletes as sports organisations are cutting them off from the circuit. can they go back? maybe yes, maybe not. this will be up to their leader. to what extent he will go to war with ukraine? we dont know yet.
neighbouring countries are also observing and making a calculated move as putin has no signs of stopping but heading to much worse decisions...

  No citizen really has influence there, they would require to all revolt and lose lives to have any say.  It is unfortunate, the Paralympians can compete but not receive medals I think I heard which I suppose is some small compromise.   In 4 years they may no longer be at their top form to win any event, its unfortunate this halts years of work for them through no personal fault but war is never fair or beneficial.

Agree, the government can be sanctioned but not the country or everyone who lives in a country.

The conflict is only between two countries but it looks like it's now Russia against the world and even the Innocent people are deprive with their right to compete, this is just politics and actually it's not new to sports, so we have to accept the really while remain hopefully something would change for the betterment of the sports.

Sports and athletes should be more independent and not to fully controlled by the government, so its really a shame to those sporting events who already cancel the Russian players as if they have the options to stop the war, so we should not blame this to every Russian, we should blame this to their own government who controls them.

Politics in sports are there because there is a huge money in sports, someone really wants to take advantage of it and seriously if the politicians has a control over you, their source of money will be unlimited.

Sports authorities this time made an immediate plans and executed the same in no time. Russian players unable to participate in any of the sports activities is a big decision. It is unfair, because out of 100 sportsman maybe 5-10 support war. Majority doesn't want war. Yesterday in a tennis match in Dubai once after the game the player wrote "no war please" on the camera lens which has got shared worldwide. Another thing there arises a question why this isn't be done on Israel during the war.

There’s a good reason why sports exist, unfortunately it is being used in politics and honestly, there are so much politics on most of the sports especially in my country where athletes are being treated no fairly. Sports is a place where every country can showcase their talents, this is an event where you can find unity and peace, its just that many still want to take advantage of this.

These governing bodies are taking decisions from the powers that be..the people who decide who is the good guys and the bad guys. They cannot withstand the pressure put on them for political purposes. They want to define the narrative. When racism is the issue the spectrum is colored gray. I want to see this kind of strong decisions taken when racism is on the table.

what you say is true but the reality is that sports have been interfered with by politics. The latest news is that China, who has been supporting Russia for a long time, is back again with their support, they have banned all broadcasts of Premier League matches this week, when sports are interfered with by politics there I feel concerned, why does their ego make people affected, people need entertainment and sport is one of them!

As it turned out, not only cryptocurrencies are involved in politics, the true value of which is decentralization, but also sports. Such harsh sanctions against Russian athletes have never been seen in the history of sports and many consider this decision unfair.

I feel very sorry for the Russian Paralympians, who obviously do not have the ability to influence political life in Russia.

Sports is a vehicle for peace, unity and reconciliation. Sports can have that effect on the world. Sports regulatory bodies have always insisted that sports and polictics are distinct things and should not be mixed together. They now come out and do the opposite of what they have said. It's understandable that war is a unique situation.
So when these sports bodies direct their sanctions on Russia directly it is understandable but when they focus on the individuals who have little or no role to play in the policy decision of their government. These individuals are not politicians. They have no role for them to be collateral damage in this affair is unfair. Most of these players being ostracize for a crime they did not commit other than owning a passport.

Remember Lewis Hamilton had a difficult time pushing his campaign against racism and discrimination because they claim he had political coalition to it.  Players in the NBA were ostracize for taking the knee during the national anthem. Where was this kind of attention when Mesut Ozil protest against the persecution of Uighur Muslims. His own football Arsenal distanced themselves from the situation.  When  it comes to racism, sports regulatory bodies are strict not to involve in politics. If we go down that this path. I hope that going forward every "aggressor" will find himself where Russia is. I hope in the future sports bodies can remain consistent in the condemnation of things like discrimination, racism, and unprovoked aggression.

Sports can be used for many things. So far only one option has been explored! We want peace not war