Kneeling and Other Forms of
Protest Banned at 2020 Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee
released its guidelines regarding the
upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
We believe that the example we set by competing with the world’s best while living in harmony in the Olympic Village is a uniquely positive message to send to an increasingly divided world, International Olympic Committee Guidelines, via TMZ.
This is why it is important, on both a personal and a global level, that we keep the venues, the Olympic Village and the podium neutral and free from any form of political, religious or ethnic demonstrations, International Olympic Committee Guidelines, via TMZ.
The guidelines go on to
specify what the Committee
has deemed to be forms of protest.
They include political messaging,
gestures of a political nature and
refusal to follow Ceremonies protocol.
Political messaging includes
political armbands or signs.
Gestures of a political nature include kneeling.
The Summer Olympics have
been the backdrop of iconic protests
by athletes, including the raised fists of Tommie
Smith and John Carlos during the 1968 games