Shadowmancer
I am The Last Baron
should they mix? or should they be treated as two separate entities?
I ask this question because of three things.
The 1984 Springbok tour to New Zealand, Zimbabwe cricket and the recent terror attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team. There is also the addition of the Moscow Olympics as well where a number of countries boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
My opinion on this topic is that Sport and politics should never mix unless it falls in the case of Zimbabwe where Mugabe is the head of the cricket council there, so it is already inherently politicized.
The 1984 Springbok Tour is the best example of where Sport and Politics met and shouldn't of. There were police squads trained to repel protesters, as well as special escape ways created for the Springboks to get out of a stadium. There was a pitch invasion at a game in Hamilton, the field was flour bombed from a plane. This was all broadcast to South Africa due to the fact that this was the first tour that was broadcast back to South Africa live. There was a huge debate about whether sports and politics was a separate case then, people will still debate the 1984 tour.
But what is your opinion on Sports and Politics and whether they should mix or not.
I ask this question because of three things.
The 1984 Springbok tour to New Zealand, Zimbabwe cricket and the recent terror attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team. There is also the addition of the Moscow Olympics as well where a number of countries boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
My opinion on this topic is that Sport and politics should never mix unless it falls in the case of Zimbabwe where Mugabe is the head of the cricket council there, so it is already inherently politicized.
The 1984 Springbok Tour is the best example of where Sport and Politics met and shouldn't of. There were police squads trained to repel protesters, as well as special escape ways created for the Springboks to get out of a stadium. There was a pitch invasion at a game in Hamilton, the field was flour bombed from a plane. This was all broadcast to South Africa due to the fact that this was the first tour that was broadcast back to South Africa live. There was a huge debate about whether sports and politics was a separate case then, people will still debate the 1984 tour.
But what is your opinion on Sports and Politics and whether they should mix or not.