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Da, pravi igrač koji se zaigrao

i uspeo da na potpuno drugi način govori o sportu i ukaže na mnoge probleme počev od korupcije u sportu, seksualnog  iskorišćavanja, nameštanja rezultata, dopingovanja koje su uvek konspirativne i pod velom prave mafijaške omerte.  Jens ne samo da je ukazao na probleme, već je uspeo da napravi organizaciju pod čudnim imenom „Play the game“. Iako na prvi pogled izgleda kao nevladina organizacija, iza nje stoji Danska vlada. Kao i mnogim drugim stvarima Danci su imali sluha da se prvi suprotstave problemima o kojima se ne govori u savremenom sportu. Na konferenciji u Danskoj 2005. godine mi je bio zabavan taj novi ugao razmiljašanja, a sada u Koloradu 2019. godine mi se čini ne samo da nije zabavan, već da je neverovatno koliko čovečanstvo malo čini da se suprotstave svim tim negativnim pojavama u sportu, koje se kod nas gotovo i ne pominju. Jens je kao novinar uspeo toliko, da je teško zamisliti da je moguće, jer nametnuti političarima da prihvate ideju da kritikuju sport o trošku državnog budžeta je u najvećem broju zemlja je gotovo ne zamislivo. Sport se danas upravo tretira kao produžena ruka politike sa idejom osvajanja onoga što ne može postići politički. I upravo zato ispada da je dozvoljeno  sve od korupcije do dopingovanja. Tu vrstu borbe za prestiž moguće je savladati samo ako bude više igrača poput Jensa, iako ih neki doživljavaju kao „negativne ljude koji pokušavaju da grade karijeru kritikujući dobar rad u sportu“.

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Yes, a real player who has played and managed to talk about sports in a completely different way and point to many problems ranging from corruption in sports, sexual exploitation, match-fixing to doping that are always conspiratorial and under the kind of real mafia omerta. Not only did Jens point to problems, but he was also able to build an organization under the unusual name of “Play the game.” Although at first glance, it looks like a non-governmental organization, the Danish government is behind it. Like in many other things, the Danes were to be the first to confront problems not discussed in modern sport. At the 2005 conference in Denmark, I was entertained by this new angle of discussion, and now in 2019 Colorado, it seems to me not only that it is not fun, but that it is incredible how humanity seems to do a little to fight all these negative phenomena in sports, which are almost never mentioned my own country. As a journalist, Jens has succeeded so much that it is hard to imagine that it is possible because forcing politicians to embrace the idea of criticizing sports at the expense of the state budget is, in most cases, almost unimaginable. Today, sport is just being treated as an extended arm of politics with the idea of winning what it cannot be achieved politically. And that is why everything from corruption to doping is allowed. This type of prestige fight can only be overcome if there are more players like Jens, although some perceive him as “negative people trying to build a career by criticizing good work in sports.”