Sport as an essential ingredient
At restaurant DE MOLENPLAS (on the Ringvaart canal in Haarlem), sports reporter Heinze Bakker gave a lecture on sport as an essential component of society. Besides the facets mentioned in the announcement: economics, healthcare, publicity and ambassadorial function, he discussed politics, which has a great influence on the Olympics, among others. Think here of Berlin 1936, attack games in Munich, games in Los Angeles where many Eastern European countries did not participate etc. Also, FIFA's recent decision to give major football tournaments to Russia and Qatar have less to do with sport and more to do with power and money. After some anecdotes about the Tour de France and skating in Heerenveen, the afternoon ended with an engaging discussion and a large number of questions. There were 26 participants.
Description
In the lecture, the influence of sport on society will be highlighted, such as:
-sport as an industry is an economic heavyweight -sport is preventive health care -sport engages people's minds on a daily basis and generates a lot of publicity -sport strengthens international ties and as such fulfils an ambassadorial function (Balkenende has long since been forgotten abroad, Cruijff everyone still knows)
12.00 reception with drinks
12.30 lunch
13.30 lecture. End approx. 15.00 hrs
Speaker(s)
The lecture will be held by Heinze Bakker, former presenter/reporter of Studio Sport.
Location
Waertmolenpad 1, 2036 ES, Haarlem
Organiser
Region North-Holland
Name and contact details for information
Eli Herremans 035 6246572