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So what is the detailed story of Jesse Owens' suspension following the 1936 Olympics? All I could find is that members of the US team were invited to compete on Sweden following the Berlin Olympics Games. Owens decided to return to the US to capitalize on his new found fame. US track officials were angry and they pulled his amateur status. Seriously? US track officials had the authority to do that? Owens had not rights or legal recourse?
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Re: Jesse Owens' suspension
A good article on some of the details.
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Re: Jesse Owens' suspension
Surely you jest... rights? Legal recourse? That was the Avery Brundage era!Owens had not rights or legal recourse?
Let's see, from the period when the amateur track establishment screwed Jim Thorpe stretching through the screwing of Owens and on to the screwing of Wes Santee and extending past Tommie Smith being expelled from the OT and the whole country of Mexico, none of these athletes had any rights or legal recourse.Comment
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And that right there, ladies and gentlemen, says it all.Originally posted by jhc68 View PostComment
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The Amateur Sports Act Of 1978 finally gave athletes some rights.
More recent than Jesse Owens was the case of Fred Samara who was suspended by the NCAA for the crime of representing his country at a 1973 USA-USSR indoor dual meet.Comment
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very good info in this one from Larry Snyder, Owens' coach
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