For many years, politicians expected the English athletes got an important victory to take a picture with them and show the people the "wound" that were by the same things that ordinary people, vibrating every weekend with the various competitions. The binge of international recognition of English sport in virtually all disciplines has increased the desire to appear next to Nadal and Gasol on duty.
But something went wrong. These athletes (on the other hand, the only ones who bother to create a good image of the brand "Spain") are not mere puppets. We are slowly discovering that they have their own voice, and are beginning to use it to report things that just do not see or believe.
The first to open the ban was Alberto Contador. Their task, to defend the least popular sport Currently, it has not been easy, and its recent positive clenbuterol has been really close to abandoning the struggle. He has never denied that this rate was not in his body, but has hit out at what he considers an antiquated anti-doping rules in certain cases, blur the image of cycling without having passed on in higher performance. The agency to which aims, the UCI, instead of giving a reason, Spain has been criticized by the laxity of doping. Look at their structures and consider a renewal, for now, is not in their plans, it is easier (and cheaper) first. After
Contador, it was the turn of basketball, who through their maximum representative, José Luis Sáez, FEB president, questioned whether the English Olympic Committee served to something, but went further. He was a speaker called Twitter, which more than 6,800 fans receive their thoughts instantly. And those thousands of fans were spreading their message, reaching the media and creating a public discussion of widespread interest. What is the EOC? Given the existence of different federations, which represent the interests of each sport and the Sports Council, led by Lissavetzky, that after all was the ending by facing ... What is the role of Alexander White? The put a file in 55 supported Saez English federations sign of cowardice that still prevails in the English sports institutions. At least the target has been achieved, and the people, every time you see White in his appearances in the media (are expected to be more frequent than Londres'12 approaches), will say: "And this for what serve? "
And yesterday it was the turn of Alonso. The beauty of these athletes is that they make their statements in response to certain ideologies or colors, but do so on their own truths, which in many cases coincide with that of all those who scream their victories and suffer defeats. There is (are) few which we rejoiced to see how one of the most influential drivers F1 has positioned itself not only against the government's decision to limit the speed to 110 km / h, but also gave reasons why he wrong. To top it, failed to propose alternative measures (in short, what the politicians do not know, constructive criticism).
Honestly, I'm glad that athletes have learned to use their privileged position in society to put certain issues in black and white. I was also sorry that politicians, who ultimately split the cod, are at odds with these real examples of citizens.
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