The Olympics’ new rules will prohibit physical protests from athletes, including kneeling
explains that"no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas." In defining what a protest is or isn't, the rule bans"displaying any political messaging, including signs or armband, gestures of a political nature, like a hand gesture or kneeling," and"refusal to follow the Ceremonies protocol.
"There is a need to respect other athletes and their moment of glory, and not to draw attention away from that in any way. With demonstrations on the field of play, at the Olympic Village or during the official ceremonies, the dignity of the competition or the ceremony in question is destroyed for all the athletes concerned," the rules state.
The act of fighting back against oppression has been a dependable trait of sports and athletes since at least 532, C.E., points out. Fast forward a few hundred years, and you'll find that not much has changed — political undercurrents have routinely informed the biggest sports stories of the day.
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