Why Hold the Olympic Games?
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- LOY John W.
- University of Rhode Island
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- 平野 秀秋
- University of Rhode Island
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- オリンピックをなぜ開催するか
Abstract
In this paper I play devil's advocate and address the question as to whether it is worth continuing to conduct the Olympic Games. Specifically, I raise concerns about what I call the problematic moral validity, sporting validity, and pragmatic (economic) validity of the Games. I question the moral validity of the Games in terms of the processes of prolympism, globalization, totalization, and corruption associated with the Games. In turn, I suggest that the sporting validity of the Games is compromised by alternative world championships in most sports, the absence of many of the world's best athletes in a number of sports, and the potpouri of specific sporting venues of the games. And I question the pragmatic (economic) validity of the Games in terms of overall costs in general, and bidding costs, security costs, drug testing costs, and infrastructure costs in particular. In conclusion, I pose the question: “Are the Olympic Games worth the cost of economic and human capital?”
Journal
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- Japan Journal of Sport Sociology
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Japan Journal of Sport Sociology 14 9-14,117, 2006
Japan Society of Sport Sociology
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001205399551872
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- NII Article ID
- 130004049439
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- ISSN
- 21858691
- 09192751
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- Crossref
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed