Inside the Olympics by Richard W Pound

Inside the Olympics by Richard W Pound

"The only man who could have written this book has done it with candor and style. A lucid and penetrating look at the five-ringed world, filled with Dick Pound's customary insight, frankness and wit. Inside the Olympics wins gold, silver and bronze." - John Powers, Boston Globe Every two years, world attention turns to the Olympic Games for a few short weeks, in a celebration of athletic excellence, competition, and national pride. But in recent years, the Olympic ideal has also been tainted by scandals, greed, and corruption-from bribery, to doing, cheating, politics, and exploitation. Never shy of the issues, Dick Pound reveals the full inside story-both good and bad-of the Games. An Olympian himself, and long-time IOC insider, Pound sheds a bright light on many controversial events and issues surrounding the Olympics, including the conduct of IOC officials, and the doping scandals that he considers the greatest threat to sports today. He also offers a fascinating look at negotiations in the high-stake worlds of television rights and corporate sponsorships, and at the politics, backstabbing, and intrigues that take place behind the scenes in the world of international sports. At times damning, at others prescriptive, sometimes amusing, but always honest and insightful, Inside the Olympics gives a rare personal view on the business, the personalities, the ideals, and the organization behind the world's greatest sporting event.

Dick Pound has been a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for over 25 years. He has served on the IOC Executive Board, as vice-president for two terms, and as Chairman of the IOC Television Negotiation Committee, and Chairman of the IOC Marketing Committee. Pound is the founding Chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and is a partner in the law firm Stikeman Elliott. In 1999, he was made the seventeenth chancellor of McGill University.

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ISBN 13	9780470838709
ISBN 10	0470838701
Titel	Inside the Olympics
Autor	Dick Pound
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2006-03-28
Seitenanzahl	288
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