Why Olympic football teams don’t have their official shirts on jerseys

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If you’ve watched a top level international football competition, you’ll probably notice a different take on the Tokyo Olympics.

The signature badges of federations around the world have been replaced by generic placeholders. The already generic United States Football Federation crest is replaced by a letter “USA”. The legendary of Brazil CBF the badge is left for a logo reflecting the nation’s flag.

This seems like an insignificant thing for the International Olympic Committee to dispute, but in the eyes of the IOC, the badges and crests of the various football federations conflict with Olympic guidelines.

Note the “USA†print in place of the crest in the USWNT’s 3-0 loss to Sweden:

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And Neymar in 2016:

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The reason for the peak exchange can be explained by IOC Rule 50:

“No form of advertising or propaganda, commercial or otherwise, may appear on people, on sports clothing, accessories or, more generally, on any clothing or equipment whatsoever worn or used by all competitors. , team officials, other team personnel and all other participants in the Olympic Games… â€

For the IOC, federation badges represent a distinct business interest rather than individual nations. And we all know what the IOC thinks about other people making money.

Any team that uses a federation logo risk a fine from the IOC.

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