Olympism

The issue of government’s involvement in sport has attracted many an enthusiastic analyst across the globe for decades. Indeed, at its most recent Congress, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) focused some attention on this aspect of international sport.

Mandates

Governments see themselves as having been elected by the people to govern. This is their mandate. Part of that mandate is to facilitate the health of the nation.

It has long been argued that the right to health care is a fundamental right of every human being. There are many ways in which the government of any nation seeks to facilitate the general well being of its population. While many governments expend resources on the provision of appropriate curative facilities there has been increasing emphasis placed on the preventive approach. Part of this preventive approach involves the promotion of physical education and sport. Read the rest of this entry »

The world of sport has been undergoing change for as far back as we could remember. We can argue that sport is in a state of perpetual change. At different points in time the factors impacting change in sport may be far removed from what obtained previously. Of one thing we are always certain and that is change in the wide and wonderful world of sport.

There are those who would suggest that there are always major challenges confronting sport. In the Caribbean we are not always in a position to adequately deal with the challenges posed to us in the wider global sporting community. Somehow we seem less prepared than our counterparts elsewhere in the world. To some it seems that we remain backward compared to the rest of the world.

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