Sport, Politics and the Olympics

The 1936 Olympics was a perfect example of politics in sports. The games were hosted by a Nazi Germany lead by Hitler. Hitler wanted to promote his views of the superiority of the Aryan race. He was going to do this by showing Nazi propaganda on the closed circuit television system and radio. This system would reach 41 countries and Hitler saw this as the perfect way to spread his propaganda. At first Hitler wanted to make a rule that Jews and blacks would not be able to participate in the games but he reversed that rule in fear of countries boycotting the games. In a way to "clean up" Berlin, Hitler had all the gypsies arrested and taken to a concentration camp. We can see that Hitler used the Olympics to promote his propaganda. Everyone in the world knew that Hitler was against the Jews and nothing showed this better than his actions at these games. 

One of sage and Eitzens 5 political uses of sport is being a vehicle for propaganda. The Nazis very much so used the games as a vehicle  At first they wanted to ban all Jews and blacks and show antisemitic views on the television circuit. They had put up signs all around the Olympics saying no Jews wanted. they were trying to spread their views all around the world and they were using sports to do this.
Unfortunately sport is not devoid of political interference. Politics are all around sports as as shown by the 1936 Olympics  Even today there are political views around sports. the film that we watched in class showed us that there are military all around sports and that gives a political view. Even at last years super bowl, a commentator came on at half time and told the nation that we should have gun control. sports are very full of political interference. 
sources
http://www.bl.uk/sportandsociety/exploresocsci/politics/articles/melbourne.pdf
http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2000/08/30/spor/spo00.html