When Russian athletes began to “wet” grown-up, I personally have had only one question: how far are guys in their games will go and when and who will also Mature to stop.
Everything is simple.
The world of professional sport has long ceased to actually follow the sport principles and the way “the ideals of Pierre de Coubertin”. Now this is a long-established and extremely complex business conglomeration involved, including now even “business policy.”
Show business as he is.
But even more dirty, as burdened and yet different corruption-intensive “regulators” in the face of international sporting bureaucracy. It is no coincidence therefore continuously shake regular, and not necessarily “doping” scandals.
I actually need it.
In the current situation, the situation is similar to the one that has developed around the Russian track and field athletes (and, possibly, the entire Russian Olympic team) was only a matter of time.
Simply because in this world do not try to appeal to “sports principle” and other “global ideals of the Olympic movement”: it has long been an empty verbal shell, and the real power in sport is there, where are the place to be big money and big politics. What we (might not us, we just happen to be here “most convenient”, and the Russian General today watering can and commendable) poked his nose.
And now in any case can not hold any public campaigns and tantrums. In the world of power and money argument are most often not “big words”, and quiet and reasonable cause.
In this case, it’s simple.
If Russian athletes not participating in competitions under the auspices of the International Association of athletics federations (IAAF), and the all-Russian athletics Federation must, as a minimum, to suspend its participation in the activities of this organization. Similarly, in the case of non-admission of Russian athletes at the Olympics to suspend its participation in the activities of IOC and needs of the Russian Olympic Committee. With all the consequences, including financial.
Or Russian TV channels are going to broadcast from someone else’s celebration of life in Rio?! Paying, by the way (we know these channels) of the Russian state.
There is, of course, TV channels are strongly against the abolition of translations.” There and ratings, and advertising money, and has already signed over his trip to Brazil “a unique journalistic collectives. And in General, “freedom of speech”. Here only it should be understood that any such stream in any case it will be a blatant slap in the face and Russian athletes and Russian fans. Which, among other things, are also the Russian voters, and if it does not understand “unique journalistic groups”, the Russian state must in any case understand.
Even if “money has already been paid – nothing to worry about. In any contract there is such a thing as force majeure and the lack of participation by athletes of a particular country as a reason to declare force majeure on breach of contract another one, like, not canceled.
Yes, it will be very painful.
And very controversially, but, in this case, not for us.
Because the exclusion of athletes, it is always possible to try to “explain” to high ideals, even if they did not. But the lack of an audience of millions when TV broadcasts to explain the “sponsors” and other advertisers will be very difficult. Because it is not “hot air”, this is money, already received. They definitely have “sponsors” and advertisers return, or goodwill, or scandals in the courts.
Definitely get your dose of claims – already we have in courts of General jurisdiction and WADA and the IAAF. It will be especially juicy, though, because unlike the “independent Commission of McLaren” courts of General jurisdiction have such component as “adversarial”, and it will be very interesting to watch and listen to their “secret witnesses.” And certainly these organizations should cease to receive both direct and indirect funding to broadcast on the territory of the Russian athletics competitions in Rio have, in fact, should not. Well, what should instead be broadcast, some kind of conditional “Spartakiad of the peoples of Russia” or what the next “series about mad COP”, is another question, but it should also be somehow in the near future very thoughtfully sorted out.
And this is only what immediately comes to mind. But that’s exactly what we need to remember: in case of absence in Brazil of our athletes to the presence of our officials with the children and household and TV crews with cameras “electorate” just don’t understand.
