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Dirk Nowitzki on olympic boycots
Published 4/17/2008 by Tobias at Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
Dirk Nowitzki on olympic boycots The German news channel n-tv just released a statement of Dirk Nowitzki regarding the ongoing problems about the Olympics in Beijng this summer. Why should athletes do, what politicans aren’t able to do for years? It is wrong, to make the athletes protest now! When they elected China for the Olympic games to be held at, they should have known that two worlds would clash. They also should have known that there will be trouble, but sport itself is non-political and there are athletes that work for the Olympics for four years. There is no reason ...

Dirk Nowitzki: 'It Is Wrong to Make Athletes Protest' Beijing Olympics
Published 4/18/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... calls across the world for countries to boycott the games, or at the very least for politicians to skip the opening ceremonies. But couldn't a greater statement by made by the athletes themselves? Should they be expected to voluntarily withdraw from the Olympics out of protest of China's long history of human rights violations and involvement with Darfur and Tibet? Dirk Nowitzki doesn't want that responsibility, according to a statement he gave to the German news channel n-tv, which was translated by Ball in Europe: "Why should ...

Dirk sieht's klarer als die Krawatten
Published 4/18/2008 by Paul Niemeyer at NBA-Blog
... sollten wir Sportler das tun, was Politiker seit Jahren nicht hinbekommen? Es ist schwach, das jetzt solche Probleme auf die Rücken der Sportler abgewälzt werden. [...] Man hätte sich damals schon denken können, dass in China zwei Welten aufeinandertreffen werden. Auch, dass es zu Konflikten kommen wird. Aber der Sport an sich ist unpolitisch, es gibt Athleten, die sich seit vier Jahren auf dieses Ereignis vorbereiten. [...] Es gibt keinen Grund, jetzt nicht an den Start zu gehen. [ original ]