I.O.C機能 考察에 관한 硏究 = A Study on the Functions of I.O.C

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

I.O.C. is an international Olympic committee which has been universally upheld as an organization patronizing and fostering the Olympic games. The administration of this international privateorganization is based on the I.O.C. Charter, which has somewhat similar effect of an international agreement though it is not an international law. The world-wide support for this organization has been so fervent and strong that the number of the number-nations has been increasing year by year-more than 130 nations at present. It may be rather easy to find out the reasons for supporting the organization and joining it, for all the member nations clearly see the greatness and supremacy of the spirit of the Olympic games in the I.O.C. Charter.
However, we must not overlook the reality that this organization is facing nowadays the serious problems which must be coped with in the future. When the Olympic games were resumed, the main purpose or intention was not to obtain medals, nor to make new records, nor to entertain the onlookers. It is clear that the functions of the I.O.C. do not lie in stimulating the professionalization of the players nor in demonstrating nay political power. Thus, we need to warn and reject some of the recent tendencies in order to maintain and develop the true spirit of the original Olympic games. The main reason for such tendencies can be ascribed to modern commercialism. Though it is understandable for the I.O.C. to take charge of the entrance-fee in order to maintain such huge activities as the Olympic games according to the 21st article of the I.O.C. Charter, it is strange that the 55th article which limits or prohibits any advertisement-signboard to be displayed in the playground remains meaningless and ineffective. Seen from the point of humanism and human dignity, it should be forbidden for both amateurs and professionals to dope. To prohibit such an action, the I.O.C. has to reinforce its control over the games and keep its regulations more strictly. It needs not only the supervision of the rules and the ways of the current examination on the dopings, but also the judgement by the council in the final judgement. It also demands the establishment of new regulations to prevent the dopings in all the sports groups belonging to either the I.S.F. or the N.O.C.
Since the bigger the Olympic games become, the more difficulties there are in holding the games in a single place, it is necessary to have a permanent Olympic site or to separate the games to be held in several different places. As to the permanent establishment of an Olympic site, there are many experts studying on its possibilities, yet it is not possible until the entries of the Olympic games are reduced. Thus, it is more desirable to have the Olympic games be held in two or three places in six different continents at the same time according to the I.O.C. Charter.
It cost more than 3 billion dollars to advertise the political power of the USSR in the Moscow Olympic games, while the Montreal Olympic games put the city in severe financial difficulty. This clearly shows that the Olympic games should be held in some other places, that is, they should be moved out of the powerful nations. History itself shows the clear proof of this idea. The poisonous effect of the Olympic games held in Berlin in 1936 is a good example: they abused the Olympic games, invaded other countries, and discriminated other races. The Moscow Olympic games in 1980 might be very similar to that of Berlin in 1936. Thus, if the I.O.C. sticks to its old-fashioned idea to hold the Olympic games in one place connected with a political power, tihey will face many serious and difficult problems.
Since the Olympec games should be held in a peaceful atmosphere, the I.O.C. is respinsible for keeping the peaceful spirit based on the I.O.C. Charter. Therefore, the I.O.C. may be able to control each N.O.C. and change the place if they revise the present I.O.C. Charter. Thus, the I.O.C. can maintain the authority as the supreme leader of all the amateur-game associations. Recently, the Republic of China(in Taiwan) is expelled from the I.O.C. without any plausible reason. The only reason we can find is that Taiwan is smaller than the mainland China. If the I.O.C. does not make nay readjustment for this kind of error in the near future, it is inevitable that the Olympic games will perish in 1996. The main causes for the perishment will be commercialism, political problems, and doping.
In conclusion, there remains only one choice: The only way for the I.O.C. and the Olympic games to survive in the future is to revise and reinforce the I.O.C. Charter by keeping pace with the times.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 序說
• Ⅱ. 아마츄어리즘(Amateurism)
• Ⅲ. 올림픽의 諸般 問題點과 對策
• Ⅳ. 올림픽과 政治問題
• Ⅴ. 올림픽運動과 NOF運動의 問題와 對策
• Ⅵ. 結言