Rich Perelman, Author at Perelman Pioneer & Company

The Sports Examiner: American athletes should write their own version of the IOC’s Rule 50: freedom found or Pandora’s Box?

June 8, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● “The IOC’s current position is very clear in regards to protest. Whether you agree or not, and choose to follow the rules, will be with the athletes. It […]

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The Sports Examiner: It isn’t easy being an Olympic athlete in almost any sport, and even harder decisions are coming soon

June 1, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● It’s hard enough to be an Olympic athlete, especially from hyper-competitive teams like the United States, China, Germany, Great Britain, Japan and elsewhere. It got harder with the […]

The Sports Examiner: Bach asks for “frugal Games” in Tokyo; what can be learned from the ultimate “frugal” organizers in Los Angeles four decades ago?

May 18, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● For those of a certain age, who lived through a prior crisis that threatened the existence of the Olympic Games, it was simply staggering to hear International Olympic […]

The Sports Examiner: The U.S. Women’s National Team’s equal-pay suit lost in court, but the timing could be right for them to “realize our worth”

May 14, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● The highly-publicized lawsuit brought by the U.S. Women’s National Team was gutted by the opinion of U.S. District Judge Gary Klausner on 1 May, when he granted summary […]

The Sports Examiner: Was Juan Antonio Samaranch, the man who made the IOC modern, its greatest president?

May 7, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● In the continuing tumult over the future of the Tokyo Games and the worldwide struggle with the coronavirus, the 10-year anniversary of the passing of one of the […]

The Sports Examiner: Will a year’s delay really be so bad? Seven ways the Tokyo organizers can keep the cost down

May 4, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● Almost as soon as the announcement that the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo would be delayed by a year, estimates began appearing of the cost of postponement. The […]

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The Sports Examiner: France’s Guy Drut says the Games “must reinvent themselves”; how about throwing out 17 sports disciplines! Or 20! Or more!

April 30, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● France’s Guy Drut is best known as the 1976 Olympic champion in the 110 m hurdles and a a controversial politician in his home country. He served as […]

The Sports Examiner: World Athletics chief Coe: “We’ve just got to get more one-day meetings going in the U.S.”

April 25, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● orld Athletics President Sebastian Coe (GBR) may be confined in his London home, but he’s hardly resting. As part of a continuing series of online interview sessions with […]

The Sports Examiner: Financial implosion of college athletics now threatens Olympic-sport programs in the U.S.

April 16, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● It was going to happen, the only question was when. And when is now. Yahoo! Sports obtained and published a 9 April letter from the commissioners of five […]

The Sports Examiner: Remembering the worst day in the history of the U.S. Olympic Movement: the vote to boycott Moscow ‘80

April 13, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● Forty years ago, the United States Olympic Committee faced a choice it hopes never to face again. Mike Moran served as the chief spokesman for the USOC for […]