INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

part due to the overwhelming propaganda created by the drug
companies that produce the dope.
To address the issue of doping in sport, we suggest the following 3
options: legalise drugs, continue as is despite the hypocrisy involved
in certain aspects of banning and detecting drug use in sport, or
introduce changes through new sport policies, particularly in relation
to ethical education. Though these options are quite diverse, we
believed that only the third option was viable. Therefore, more
funding needs to go to preventative ethical education (not simply drug
education) of athletes, coaches, doctors, drug companies, IOC
members (perhaps through an independent, ethical management
consultancy agency), NOCs, etc.
If the option taken is to crack down harder on doping in sport, it
might be helpful to introduce rules and limits on prize money for
world records to discourage the use of drugs to produce continually
greater performances. Consistency in bans across all sports is also
needed and the IOC needs to take action against ISFs such as FIFA
that may not want to follow the WADA’s rules and guidelines on
doping in sport.
4. Universalism
The concept of universalism can be divided into two parts:
descriptive and theoretical. Descriptive universalism involves events
common to all human beings, such as birth, rights of passage, and
death, whereas, theoretical universalism speaks of the values and
norms applicable to all. It is true that the concept of Olympism will
find different expressions in time and place, history and geography
however it will still be connected to these general values. There will
be differing conceptions of Olympism, which will interpret the general
concept in such a way as to bring it to real life in a particular context.
Universalism issues regarding the Winter Games, Paralympics,
gender, the shift from religion to popular culture and the Summer
Games were discussed. Through these topics, it was determined that
even if there is a belief in theory, the practical implementation of
universalism is very difficult. This is because universalism is an ideal
and therefore not possible. As a result, there seems to be a paradox in
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