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Track and field athletes here, abroad unionizing - ESPN

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DyeStatPRO.com   Sep 21st 2012, 9:29pm
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Track and field athletes to unionize

Updated: September 21, 2012, 5:22 PM ET
By Melissa Isaacson | espnW

Track and field athletes from the United States and abroad are unionizing, they said Friday, in part to fight a rule against promoting private sponsors, achieve collective bargaining and seek prize money in the Olympics.

Some of the biggest names in the sport, including Americans Sanya Richards-Ross and Bernard Lagat and Jamaican stars Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, are part of a movement that gained momentum during the London Games. At the heart of the matter is Rule 40, an International Olympic Committee bylaw that prohibits Olympic participants from advertising for non-Olympic sponsors just before and during the Games.



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