Richard Parrish
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719066061
- eISBN:
- 9781781700501
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719066061.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
The increasing commercialisation of sport raises important questions concerning regulation. The development of the European Union (EU) and the internationalization of sporting competition have added ...
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The increasing commercialisation of sport raises important questions concerning regulation. The development of the European Union (EU) and the internationalization of sporting competition have added an international dimension to this debate. Yet sport is not only a business, it is a social and cultural activity. Can regulation at the EU level reconcile this tension? Adopting a distinctive legal and political analysis, this book argues that the EU is receptive to the claim of sport for special treatment before the law. It investigates the birth of EU sports law and policy by examining the impact of the Bosman ruling and other important European Court of Justice decisions, the relationship between sport and EU competition law, focusing particularly on the broadcasting of sport, the organization of sport and the international transfer system, and the relationship between sport and the EU Treaty, focusing in particular on the impact of the Amsterdam and Nice declarations on sport and the significance of the Helsinki report on sport. This text raises questions concerning the appropriate theoretical tools for analysing European integration.Less
The increasing commercialisation of sport raises important questions concerning regulation. The development of the European Union (EU) and the internationalization of sporting competition have added an international dimension to this debate. Yet sport is not only a business, it is a social and cultural activity. Can regulation at the EU level reconcile this tension? Adopting a distinctive legal and political analysis, this book argues that the EU is receptive to the claim of sport for special treatment before the law. It investigates the birth of EU sports law and policy by examining the impact of the Bosman ruling and other important European Court of Justice decisions, the relationship between sport and EU competition law, focusing particularly on the broadcasting of sport, the organization of sport and the international transfer system, and the relationship between sport and the EU Treaty, focusing in particular on the impact of the Amsterdam and Nice declarations on sport and the significance of the Helsinki report on sport. This text raises questions concerning the appropriate theoretical tools for analysing European integration.
Peter Levine
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195085556
- eISBN:
- 9780199854042
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195085556.003.0012
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter examines the saga of Marty Glickman, a young American Olympian whose dreams of Olympic gold were shattered by anti-Semitism at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. Glickman ...
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This chapter examines the saga of Marty Glickman, a young American Olympian whose dreams of Olympic gold were shattered by anti-Semitism at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. Glickman was not allowed to compete in his track and field event because he was Jewish. Despite this Glickman went on to enjoy great success as a collegiate track star and football player before beginning a prominent career in sports broadcasting. His life story illuminates both the passage to assimilation for many Jews of his generation and the meaning of Jewish identity in America today.Less
This chapter examines the saga of Marty Glickman, a young American Olympian whose dreams of Olympic gold were shattered by anti-Semitism at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. Glickman was not allowed to compete in his track and field event because he was Jewish. Despite this Glickman went on to enjoy great success as a collegiate track star and football player before beginning a prominent career in sports broadcasting. His life story illuminates both the passage to assimilation for many Jews of his generation and the meaning of Jewish identity in America today.
Michael J. Socolow
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252040702
- eISBN:
- 9780252099144
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252040702.003.0002
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Radio
This introductory chapter provides a background of the eight-oared crew race event in the Berlin Olympic Games on August 14, 1936. That race is mostly forgotten today, but in its day it was covered ...
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This introductory chapter provides a background of the eight-oared crew race event in the Berlin Olympic Games on August 14, 1936. That race is mostly forgotten today, but in its day it was covered extensively by the U.S. press and networks, and it would later be remembered and celebrated in magazine articles, radio programs, and other media. Legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice called it the “high point” of the Berlin Olympic Games, and CBS's Bill Henry labeled it “the outstanding victory of the Olympic Games.” As a compelling patriotic drama, the race and its media coverage were a harbinger of the world's media future. In recounting the national celebrity of the squad from Seattle, and its relationship to the origins of sports broadcasting, this book contextualizes this historical event portending the future development of globalized electronic media spectacle.Less
This introductory chapter provides a background of the eight-oared crew race event in the Berlin Olympic Games on August 14, 1936. That race is mostly forgotten today, but in its day it was covered extensively by the U.S. press and networks, and it would later be remembered and celebrated in magazine articles, radio programs, and other media. Legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice called it the “high point” of the Berlin Olympic Games, and CBS's Bill Henry labeled it “the outstanding victory of the Olympic Games.” As a compelling patriotic drama, the race and its media coverage were a harbinger of the world's media future. In recounting the national celebrity of the squad from Seattle, and its relationship to the origins of sports broadcasting, this book contextualizes this historical event portending the future development of globalized electronic media spectacle.
Michael J. Socolow
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252040702
- eISBN:
- 9780252099144
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252040702.003.0008
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Radio
This chapter argues that the advertising climate in U.S. radio changed significantly after 1935 and intensified even further immediately after the war. The commercial imperative in postwar network ...
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This chapter argues that the advertising climate in U.S. radio changed significantly after 1935 and intensified even further immediately after the war. The commercial imperative in postwar network radio eliminated numerous broadcasts of historical significance. The growing demand by sponsors for more time dedicated to specific sports such as college football and boxing left other athletic contests with less national media opportunities. This postwar evolution of network sports broadcasting gave rise to a new generation of sports broadcasters. Eighty years later, thanks to broadcasting, the essence of the Olympic Games remains this live, instantaneous translation of personal athletic achievement into shared national, and even global, experience.Less
This chapter argues that the advertising climate in U.S. radio changed significantly after 1935 and intensified even further immediately after the war. The commercial imperative in postwar network radio eliminated numerous broadcasts of historical significance. The growing demand by sponsors for more time dedicated to specific sports such as college football and boxing left other athletic contests with less national media opportunities. This postwar evolution of network sports broadcasting gave rise to a new generation of sports broadcasters. Eighty years later, thanks to broadcasting, the essence of the Olympic Games remains this live, instantaneous translation of personal athletic achievement into shared national, and even global, experience.
Michael Socolow
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252040702
- eISBN:
- 9780252099144
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252040702.001.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Radio
The Berlin Olympics, August 14, 1936. German rowers, dominant at the Games, line up against America's top eight-oared crew. Hundreds of millions of listeners worldwide wait by their radios. Leni ...
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The Berlin Olympics, August 14, 1936. German rowers, dominant at the Games, line up against America's top eight-oared crew. Hundreds of millions of listeners worldwide wait by their radios. Leni Riefenstahl prepares her cameramen. Grantland Rice looks past the 75,000 spectators crowding the riverbank. Above it all, the Nazi leadership, flush with the propaganda triumph the Olympics have given their New Germany, await a crowning victory they can broadcast to the world. The Berlin Games matched cutting-edge communication technology with compelling sports narrative to draw the blueprint for all future sports broadcasting. A global audience—the largest cohort of humanity ever assembled—enjoyed the spectacle via radio. This still-novel medium offered a “liveness,” a thrilling immediacy no other technology had ever matched. This book's account moves from the era's technological innovations to the human drama of how the race changed the lives of nine young men. As the book shows, the origins of global sports broadcasting can be found in this single, forgotten contest. In those origins we see the ways the presentation, consumption, and uses of sport changed forever.Less
The Berlin Olympics, August 14, 1936. German rowers, dominant at the Games, line up against America's top eight-oared crew. Hundreds of millions of listeners worldwide wait by their radios. Leni Riefenstahl prepares her cameramen. Grantland Rice looks past the 75,000 spectators crowding the riverbank. Above it all, the Nazi leadership, flush with the propaganda triumph the Olympics have given their New Germany, await a crowning victory they can broadcast to the world. The Berlin Games matched cutting-edge communication technology with compelling sports narrative to draw the blueprint for all future sports broadcasting. A global audience—the largest cohort of humanity ever assembled—enjoyed the spectacle via radio. This still-novel medium offered a “liveness,” a thrilling immediacy no other technology had ever matched. This book's account moves from the era's technological innovations to the human drama of how the race changed the lives of nine young men. As the book shows, the origins of global sports broadcasting can be found in this single, forgotten contest. In those origins we see the ways the presentation, consumption, and uses of sport changed forever.
