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View this email in a browser Play the Game Newsletter 21 February 2020 A fist of freedom or a fist of iron? Rule 50 and the Olympic paradox   Photo: Topfoto/Topham Picturepoin/Ritzau Scanpix IOC President Thomas Bach made it very clear in his New Year's speech that politics should be kept out of the Olympics to protect the event's neutrality. However, it is a paradox that IOC's characterisation of politicisation only seems to apply to athletes and not the host nations, writes Play the Game's analyst Stanis Elsborg. Read the comment Massive backing from participants to the first Play the Game conference outside Europe     Photo: Thomas Søndergaard/Play the Game Two out of three participants at Play the Game 2019 rated the conference experience in Colorado Springs as 'very good', the top mark in the anonymous survey. The internal evaluation is now available at Play the Game's website. Read more Who will host Play the Game 2021? Calling interested partners   Photo: Thomas Søndergaard It is still possible for potential partners to declare their interest in hosting Play the Game 2021, the 12th world communication conference on sport and society. Read more Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share Tweet Share Forward Play the Game 2020 E-mail addresses on our mailing list come from personal contacts, published lists or through subscription requests made via our homepage. Frederiksgade 78B, 2. sal DK-8000 Aarhus C www.playthegame.org    Unsubscribe    Update subscription