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the Official Escape The Ordinary Sloth Go Camping T-shirt it is in the first place but “sportswashing” attempted by countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Russia and China. And while you might be wondering why sports should be a priority right now for the government, realize that in the next 10 years, the U.S. is going to be hosting some of the largest global gatherings on the planet: the 2026 World Cup, the 2028 Summer Olympics, the 2024 World Cup of Cricket, the World University Games in 2029, the Men’s and Women’s Rugby World Cups in 2031 and 2033, and likely the Winter Olympics in either 2030 or 2034. What Murphy envisions with this new special envoy: “a visionary leader with the mandate to streamline whole-of-government processes around these global events. Outside of the White House, there is no office or individual in the government with the authority to convene the necessary stakeholders and cut through the extensive red tape in the way of successfully hosting these events. A Special Envoy for Sports Diplomacy would help reset the global conversation around what sports diplomacy and these global sporting events mean to us as a society and demonstrate how sports can be a force for good and opportunity for all.” I’m including this extensive excerpt, because Murphy has persuaded me this is a good idea. In fact, I have the perfect person for this role: Mitt Romney. He’s retiring from the U.S. Senate, he saved the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics (and the Salt Lake City-headquartered Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) from embarrassment in 2002, and he is one of the few American leaders with true bipartisan relationships that any special envoy would need to succeed. Romney, of Utah, would represent the U.S. and its values as well as any American, and he has the business background and history with global events to put together a team that will likely lead to the U.S. hosting even more global events. Biden needs to signal to the Romney wing of the GOP (however big you think it is) that he does value working with them, and such an appointment would certainly not hurt Biden politically — it could even help.

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