Tag: Olympic Charter
LANE ONE: “Show me the money” was the first order of business at...
The International Olympic Committee assembled about 350 current and former athletes from 185 countries at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne (SUI) for the ninth International Athlete Forum over the weekend and felt it necessary to talk money before everything else. The conference had sessions on anti-doping, athlete career transition, mental health and a lot […]
LANE ONE: Is the IOC setting the stage for a serious review of...
When the International Olympic Committee issues one of its periodic statements on how it is adapting the Olympic Games to modern times, it’s hard to know whether to take it seriously. Is this a preview of real change coming to the Games? Or another self-congratulatory, self-serving statement that, in actuality, means little? But as long […]
German court will hear challenge to IOC’s sponsor exclusivity Rule 40
PALM DESERT, October 30, 2017 – Very few athletes can quote chapter and verse from the Olympic Charter, the rulebook of the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Movement. But a lot of them can tell you about the restrictions of Rule 40, which severely constrains what non-IOC sponsors can do related to the Olympic […]
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