Sport and Politics have been very closely connected since the Greek and Roman civilisations.
The Olympic Games were instigated by The Greeks.
The ancient Olympic Games began in the year
776 BC, when Koroibos, a cook from the nearby city of Elis, won the
stadion race, a foot race 600 feet long. The stadion track at Olympia is shown here. According to some literary traditions, this was the only athletic event of the games for the first 13 Olympic festivals or until 724 BC. From 776 BC, the Games were held in Olympia every four years for almost 12 centuries.
For many decades South Africa was banned from playing International Sport due to their Apartheid policy.
Apartheid policies that segregated sports in South Africa were challenged by its own athletes, as well as internationally.
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Politics is
: the total complex of relations between people living in society.
Sport and Politics are closely intertwined.
My father was a Parramatta supporter and my younger brother is a Tigers supporter because they believe the myth of Manly being 'Silvertails'
I keep telling everybody that the money stops at Balgowlah and starts again at Newport.
Most of the suburbs in between are Working Class Battlers.
There is Housing Commission properties in Narraweena.
Alot of people 'kid' themselves in thinking they are Middle Class, even though they work hard to make profits for their employer.
I'm vehemently proud to be a Manly-Warringah supporter that has a social conscience.
Whenever I tell people I'm a Manly supporter, I cop a verbal bashing.
When I tell people who my favourite Rock Band is, I cop a verbal bashing.
When I tell people about the Socialist policies that help the weak and the vulnerable people in my country, Australia, I cop a verbal bashing.
Even people that benefit from these policies vote against the people that implement them.
I'll stand by all three of these categories.
My father taught me that Rugby League was the Worker's game and Rugby Union was for the wealthy people.
Rugby League started in 1895 in Huddersfield as a form of Worker's Compensation.
If a Blue Collar Worker got seriously injured playing Rugby Union he couldn't work and earn an income.
That sounds like politics in sport.
Manly Forever!!
