The chapter explores the ethical challenges faced by the International Olympic Committee due to the Nazi regime's discriminatory policies in 1933, focusing on the struggle to uphold fair competition while addressing the exclusion of Jewish athletes. It follows the discussions and decisions made by IOC delegates in Vienna to ensure inclusivity and navigate the tension between principles of equality and Nazi restrictions.
Charles Sherrill was everything a gentleman of his generation was supposed to be: rich, handsome, charming, Ivy-Leagued. He was impossibly well connected and extravagantly mustachioed. He was also the person who, as much as anything, decided whether American athletes would participate in the 1936 Olympics. Faced with one of the great moral dilemmas of the day, America needed the wisdom of Solomon. Instead, it got the wisdom of Sherrill.
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