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Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nationsand that if countries play games together they will learn to live together.Others say that the opposite is true: the international contests encouragefalse national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probablysome truth in both arguments, but in recent years, the Olympic Games have donelittle to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Notonly was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but theGames were ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor nationalcontests.
Onecountry received its second-place medals with visible indignation after thehockey final. They were convinced that one of their goals should not have beendisallowed and that their opponents' victory was unfair. Their manager was in arage when he said, “This isn't hockey.Hockey and the International HockeyFederation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that suchbehavior could result in the suspension of the team for at least .three years.
TheAmerican basketball team announced that they would not yield first place toRussia, after a disputable end to their contest. The game had ended indisturbance. It was thought at first that the United States had won by a singlepoint, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. ARussia player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, andanother player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the USA hadever lost an Olympic basketball match.An appeal jury debated the matter forfour and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. TheAmerican players then voted not to receive the silver medals.
Incidentsof this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather thanfor the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete asindividuals or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in thepresent organization of the Olympics, there is far too much that encouragesaggressive patriotism.
Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nationsand that if countries play games together they will learn to live together.Others say that the opposite is true: the international contests encouragefalse national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probablysome truth in both arguments, but in recent years, the Olympic Games have donelittle to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Notonly was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but theGames were ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor nationalcontests.
Onecountry received its second-place medals with visible indignation after thehockey final. They were convinced that one of their goals should not have beendisallowed and that their opponents' victory was unfair. Their manager was in arage when he said, “This isn't hockey.Hockey and the International HockeyFederation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that suchbehavior could result in the suspension of the team for at least .three years.
TheAmerican basketball team announced that they would not yield first place toRussia, after a disputable end to their contest. The game had ended indisturbance. It was thought at first that the United States had won by a singlepoint, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. ARussia player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, andanother player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the USA hadever lost an Olympic basketball match.An appeal jury debated the matter forfour and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. TheAmerican players then voted not to receive the silver medals.
Incidentsof this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather thanfor the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete asindividuals or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in thepresent organization of the Olympics, there is far too much that encouragesaggressive patriotism.
The author gives the two examples in Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 to show_______.
A. how false national pride led to undesirable incidents in international games
B. that sports men have been more obedient than they used to be
C. that competitiveness in the games discourages international friendship
D. that unfair decisions are common in Olympic Games
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