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Guest Commentary: Don’t Mix My Olympics With Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swimming World is running this guest editorial by Charles Hartley in regard to IOC Rule-50, which deals with athlete protests during the Olympic Games. An editorial from the other view on this situation will be posted in the days to come.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Charles Hartley, Guest Submission<\/p>\n

Sorry Adam Peaty, you\u2019re wrong in speaking out in favor recently of athletes\u2019 rights to protest on the Olympic podiums<\/a> in Tokyo<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Mine Kasapoglu \/ ISL<\/p><\/div>\n

As you may be aware, the International Olympic Committee has ruled that Olympic swimmers will not be allowed to protest or demonstrate in any Olympic sites or venues, including on the medal podiums.<\/p>\n

I understand we\u2019ve living in times of more leniency toward athletes speaking their minds on matters beyond sports, but it\u2019s not my preference to mix protests and sporting events. And here are three reasons why.<\/p>\n

First, I don\u2019t think the vast majority of people watching Olympic swimming will be tuning into to find out what political causes or other beliefs swimmers have outside of swimming. Sure, they\u2019re all entitled to their opinions, but it won\u2019t make people like or respect the swimmers more by taking advantage of their platforms to speak out. The sport of swimming won\u2019t become more popular if there are protests \u2013 probably less so.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just the wrong place. People want to escape from politics when they watch swimming. They enjoy taking their minds off of the more contentious social issues of our times. They want to watch swimming for the purity of the sport, the beauty of the actual swimming, the colors and pageantry and excitement of competition. They\u2019re not tuning in to get educated on what\u2019s wrong with society and what needs to be fixed. They can watch those debates on plenty of other TV channels.<\/p>\n

Second, if these protests are allowed, things could get out of hand. After the first person says something or gestures in some way to express a political belief or complain about a social issue, then the next swimmer\/athlete will feel free to do the same. Then we\u2019ll lose sight of the purpose of the event, which is to compete on a global stage in swimming and other sports, not compete to get a message across that\u2019s beyond sports. The protests could escalate and become one big fiasco. One protest after another, and then another, and we\u2019ll end up making the protests the story and not the swimming.<\/p>\n

Third, it sets a bad precedent. When Americans go to work each day, they\u2019re expected to do their jobs. We\u2019re not allowed to protest on issues unrelated to our jobs at hand. It\u2019s a distraction and is often the path to unemployment if we protest something at work.<\/p>\n

Why? Because it\u2019s bound to cause people to get upset within the company who don\u2019t agree with whatever point of view the protester expresses. Businesses can\u2019t have this acrimony that\u2019s unrelated to their purpose \u2013 serving customers and generating wealth. It\u2019s not sustainable because it doesn\u2019t focus on the goal of the enterprise.<\/p>\n

In a similar way, the swimmers are part of a larger community headed by the IOC that has as a mission to promote international sports competition. It\u2019s not their purpose to provide a platform for political activism, just like it\u2019s not the point of a company to give free air time to employees to speak their minds.<\/p>\n

Which is why it\u2019s perfectly reasonable for the IOC to rule against these protests by athletes at the Games. It\u2019s like companies behave every day. They don\u2019t let workers come in and protest because they\u2019ve got a job to do and need to be disciplined and focused. It\u2019s not the right place for actions external to doing their work.<\/p>\n

So Adam, in your support of athletes who want to protest during the Olympics, you might want to rethink your position. Do you want the Olympics to become more about which swimmer made the most politically incendiary remark? Do you want the swimmers to get into a bickering contest and game to see which one will be the most vitriolic in his or her protest while on the medal podium? Do you want people to remember the Olympics for all the political rancor or the great swimming?<\/p>\n

I think most people in the world just want to you and others swim really fast and inspire us with your grit in the water. They want to be jazzed about you winning another gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke. And they\u2019d rather the swimmers, and all other Olympic athletes, leave the protests aside for a more appropriate time and place.<\/p>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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