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Sports Commerce And Peace: The Special Case Of The Special Olympics

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History Demonstrates the Unified World All the three sources below are beneficial to the construction of the poster as they speak Olympic Games promote of the global peace and unified world, which can be one reason supporting the central argument that everyone should assist and celebrate the honorable Olympic Games. Smith, Ginger, et al. “Sports Commerce and Peace: The Special Case of the Special Olympics.” Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 89, 2009, pp. 587–602. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40605390. Three authors, Ginger, Andrea, and Sybil contributed to this study. This article starts with first stating that the sports commerce not only enlarges the mega-sports competitions but also promotes world peace. Since the start of the official …show more content…

This essay, especially in the historical context, can support this. With the Olympic Games settled on to be held every four years, historical accounts may reflect the constant communication to follow each game. The consistent contact would have at least reduce tensions between antithetic nations and have an attempt to have a point of consensus. It suffices to say that Olympic Games have set the setting for nations to be on one plane. Another main argument is that the Olympic games should be honorably celebrated as it promotes global peace and unifies different nations. This article strengthens this point of view as it highlights how the sports organization like Special Olympics can embrace all the people with …show more content…

Paul mentions specific dates with the explanation of what happened since the Greece Olympics started in 776 B.C. until the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. With this source, the whole process of how the modern Olympic Games was developed from the simple national sports event can be comprehended. The timeline includes what events were added to the Games in which year, like boxing, wrestling, and kicking was added in 688 B.C. In addition, buzzword at that time of development is also mentioned. In the 688 B.C., “pugilism”, which means ‘the profession or hobby of boxing’, became a common word in the Olympics vocabulary. The pictures attached at the end of the article depict the Los Angeles 1932 Summer Olympics. From the text stated prior to the pictures, it can be implied that the Los Angeles 1932 Summer Olympics faced numerous difficulties mainly due to the worldwide Great Depression. Pictures include the spectacular opening ceremony, all participating male athletes in the dining room at the Olympic, athletes from diverse countries participating in the events, and the winners of specific events. Moreover, there is also one picture of male athletes filling the dining room at Baldwin Hills, which was the first Olympic Village built. All of them alludes to the word “international”. In fact, 37 countries of participated in the Los Angeles 1932 Summer Olympics, which is a decent number when taking into consideration

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