Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-14-Speech-4-057"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-10-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Union strategy to combat the use of drugs in sport (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041014.6.4-057"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-10-14-Speech-4-0582
lpv:speaker	lp:Georgios Toussas2
lpv:spokenAs	member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-20--2006-12-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the real reason behind the huge problem of doping is the commercialisation of sport, the admission that there can be professional athletes and that there is therefore such a thing as professional sport. Within the capitalist method of production, professional sport is a special case, because it accepts athletes at such young ages that they are prohibited from participating in the rest of production, educationally at least. Thus, children become objects of dual exploitation. When a sports team is a business and its objective is therefore to increase its profits, victory at any cost, in other words, maximising its profits becomes for the young athlete what the market is demanding. Victory is so instrumental to commercial success that any means are admissible. The mere existence of professional sport poisons and undermines every moral aspect of amateur sport. Doping appears in sports and it also appears where there is a huge temptation for other young people. Sport is a public social commodity and it does not fit in with the profit rationale. Every form of professional sport needs to be abolished, the umbilical cord between sport and business and sponsors needs to be cut, mass amateur sport needs to be consolidated ..."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1

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