What is the consequence for being exhausted? Jeremy Schaap the author of Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics sat down with Michael Coyne the host of the television show Books of Our Times and the assistant dean of the Massachusetts School of Law for an interesting discussion of former Olympian Jesse Owens, his teammates, and the Olympic Committee. Schaap tells of Owens, after competing in and dominating the Olympics, forced onto a publicity circuit throughout Europe with his teammates to raise money for amateur sports. With exhaustion from recently competing in the Olympics setting in, Owens refused to go on the last leg of the fund raising trip. Schaap describes Avery Brundage's notorious character and use of power, which combined, leading to Owens' suspension from amateur sports.
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