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GSM Live: Can Sport Save the World?
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Sport as a globalized commodity has brought unity and diplomacy throughout the world. It draws humans together from all backgrounds and cultures to compete on a world stage and is dubbed the “universal language,” because it can be shared and played anywhere and at any time.
But along with the benefits come the costs, both literally and metaphorically. From backlash over athlete activism to corruption to increasing financial costs, the balance of weighing the the worth of globalized sport can sometimes be lopsided.
On the August GSM Live, experts discussed where sport globalization is headed and whether our interconnectedness in today’s new world is tipping the scales of sport globalization in the direction of helpful or harmful.
Show Guests:
Andrés Martinez | Professor of Practice in the Cronkite School at Arizona State University and the Editorial Director of Future Tense, a Washington, D.C.-based ideas journalism partnership between ASU, Slate magazine, and New America.
Lori Okimura | International Technical Official at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Executive Board Member of Angel City Sports, and Former Board Chair of USA Volleyball and LAVBC Senior Advisor
Fred Turner | Executive Director at Beyond Sport, creating sustainable social change through sport
Hosted by:
Eric Legg | Associate Professor, School of Community Resources and Development, Arizona State University