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Much of the money that pays for the competition is spent to build global brands.
A lack of federal funding for their training, travel or living expenses leaves many elite American athletes juggling day jobs and scrambling to pay their bills.
Sexual abuse is a chronic condition that afflicts many other sports besides gymnastics.
Team owners’ defense of their players ‘taking a knee’ during the national anthem shows the vital role business leaders play in political discourse – one championed by Citizens United.
Olympic organizers are known for fiercely protecting their many related trademarks. It helps maintain their value – but to whose advantage?
Advertising takeovers and creative forms of disobedience are some of the few means left to contest who is allowed to maintain a public voice at COP21.
The Paris Climate Conference must not be hijacked by big business and its allies in the world’s media.
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UAA Endowed Professor of Sport Management, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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PhD Researcher in Cultural Geography, University of Southampton
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Associate Vice President for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Clemson University
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MBA Program Manager, Warsaw Sports Marketing Center, Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon
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Joel Lexchin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy, SKEMA Business School
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Associate Professor of Sport Business, Manchester Metropolitan University
