历经多次修改和审议后，新修订的中华人民共和国体育法终于在上个月审议通过。本次修订是该法自1995年颁布施行后，时隔近27年进行的第一次全面系统的修订，面对新形势、新情况、新问题，体育法修订从法律层面上解决了体育领域重大的基础性、整体性问题。体育法专家表示，本次体育法修订是体育事业发展历程中的重要一步，将对体育强国和健康中国建设起到深远的影响。    Scott Ritter, a military analyst and former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, offers his views on the West's motivation to provide continued financial and military assistance to Ukraine, the reasons why the US and EU are choosing to fuel the hostilities instead of encouraging Kiev to negotiate, and reflects on how long Ukraine's beneficiaries in the West will be able to afford such expenses.,Sputnik: The European Union on Wednesday moved to pour additional 500 million euros into Ukraine's military. In a statement on Twitter, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that EU states remain "focused and steadfast" in their support of Kiev. What goals are the US and EU pursuing by pouring more money into the Ukrainian military?,Scott Ritter: The hope is to transform the conflict that is ongoing in Ukraine as a result of the Russian special military operation into a protracted conflict that can lead to a stalemate that would result in significant Russian costs, both in terms of manpower and military equipment, but also financial costs, and thereby weaken Russia. Ultimately what they are visualizing would be a Ukraine strong enough to evict Russia from its borders.,It's not possible, this is fantasy in the extreme, but it's politically inspired fantasy, meaning that the United States and its European allies have invested so much political capital into propping up the Ukrainian military and the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian economy that even though most sound analysts understand that not only is Ukraine losing the conflict, but they can never win the conflict. Politically, Western politicians cannot divorce themselves from these policies. So in order to maintain a public perception at home of the chance of a Ukrainian victory, they will continue to squander the wealth of their respective nations.,Sputnik: Why are Western states prolonging the hostilities despite the growing discontent of their populations with economic problems?,Scott Ritter: There's an old saying in the United States that I believe translates into most politics: “when you're explaining, you're losing.” And right now, these politicians would have to explain to their constituents why they were wrong about Ukraine, why they were wrong about Russia. And especially here in the United States, we're dealing with the lead-up to very critical midterm elections. No politician wants to be explaining anything to anybody. They want to be shaping perceptions that build upon past performances. This is all about domestic politics. This has nothing to do with reality.,Sputnik: How dangerous is the decision to provide Ukraine with fighter jets?,Scott Ritter: This is just a fantasy. The people coming up with this apparently are not pilots. They've watched, perhaps, one too many Top Gun movies, and they think that you could just take a pilot, put him or her into any airframe, and have that airframe perform viably in combat situations. Any effort to take a Ukrainian pilot and put that Ukrainian pilot into an American or European fighter with minimal training and then have that fighter employed in combat operations in Ukraine against the Russian Air Force would 100% of the time end up with the Western fighter jet being shot down.,I don't mean to be rude here, but this is a very stupid idea. But we're talking about politics, not sound policy. So it sounds good for a politician to be telling his or her constituents that we are providing the Ukrainians with the best equipment possible to include the top of the line fighter aircraft. What they really should be saying is we are guaranteeing that every Ukrainian pilot we train will die at the hands of the Russian Air Force, because that's what the ultimate outcome will be.,Russia's Special Operation in UkraineUS, Allies Weigh Possibility of Training Ukrainian Pilots20 July, 16:55 GMT,The thing about, especially American, generals is that they are political animals. They didn't get that fourth star necessarily because of their military competence. They got it because they impressed a politician with their political acumen. And so what we have is a general playing politics, a general who is saying what the politicians want to hear. And that's not what his role is. His role is to provide sound military assessment, military advice to the politicians.,But if an American military officer did that today, they couldn't agree with anything that the Biden administration or the US Congress was seeking to do in Ukraine, and therefore they would never get promoted. They would never get a good job. I don't like to denigrate serving military officers, but this is a political decision, not a military decision, even though the man making it wears a military uniform.,Sputnik: Can the West collectively really afford such spending now, at a time of harsh polarization and soaring prices?,Scott Ritter: No, they can't afford it. And we have some nations that are starting to realize this. The German defense minister, who is very hawkish against Russia, has acknowledged that Germany simply has no more weapons to give and they're not in a position to build new weapons. They're worrying about other economic realities. The same holds true with the United States.,US, UK Want to Turn Russia Against Europe by Supplying Ukraine With Weapons, Lavrov Tells Sputnik20 July, 08:51 GMT,At some point time in time, we are going to run out of materiel to give to Ukraine. I read somewhere that with all the HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems we're providing to Ukraine, we're also providing Ukraine with one third of the ammunition stockpiles for the HIMARS, meaning that we, the United States, only have two thirds of our ammunition stores available if we had to go to war, which means we will run out of ammunition.,This is insane, literally insane to be sacrificing the national security of the United States or of a European nation so that politicians can look and sound good for the next couple of weeks. But it will not change the equation on the battlefield in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Army is in an impossible situation. They literally cannot recover from the debacle that has befallen them.,Russia's Special Operation in UkraineScoop: NATO Doesn’t Trust Ukraine With HIMARS, Operating Advanced Artillery Themselves, Source Says21 July, 10:07 GMT,The sad thing is that Ukrainian leaders are buying into the fiction provided by the West of if they just get more weapons, they can successfully defend against Russia. This means that more Ukrainian soldiers are going to die, more Russian soldiers are going to die, and tragically, more Ukrainian civilians are going to suffer.,Sputnik: Leaders of the Group of Seven recently pledged to stand with Ukraine "for as long as it takes." How feasible is this pledge?,Scott Ritter: When the Group of Seven made that, one of the leaders was a guy named Boris Johnson. He's not the leader anymore. The other guy was a gentleman whose last name was Draghi. He's not the leader anymore. I think as the summer and the winter come along, more and more of these leaders are going to be removed from office because it's an unsustainable policy. Politicians have a proclivity for saying things that have no basis in reality. It's very inexpensive for a politician to say "we are going to support you forever.",WorldG7 States Pledge to Provide Ukraine With Military, Diplomatic Aid for as Long as Needed28 June, 11:25 GMT,Forever in what sense? Boris Johnson is not supporting them forever – he's out of power. Draghi is not supporting them forever – he's out of power. And just about everybody who was on that stage at the G7 meeting will be out of power. Suddenly, we have a whole new definition of what "forever" means. It means “not now, not anymore.”。助力体育强国和健康中国建设山东大学法学院教授姜世波表示，体育立法必须回应体育事业发展突出问题，回应人民对健康生活的美好向往。新修订的体育法总则第二条增加了“推进体育强国和健康中国建设”的表述正是体育法修订给予的回应。

二 | “很多制度具有前瞻性、长期性，相信这些新理念、新制度、新规则上升到法律层面，将为未来我国体育强国和健康中国建设提供坚实的法律保障，推动我国的体育法治建设进入新阶段。”姜世波说。新修订的体育法在总则第一条明确“弘扬中华体育精神，培育中华体育文化”。清华大学法学院教授田思源表示，中华体育精神是“中国精神”在体育领域的具体体现，是中国体育的精髓和灵魂，是一个发展的、开放性的思想和价值体系，是我国体育事业发展到一定阶段的精神产物。田思源说：“弘扬中华体育精神、培育中华体育文化，有助于体育法的全面实施。体育法很多条款都体现了弘扬中华体育精神、培育中华体育文化的要求，是对中华体育精神和中华体育文化的诠释和落实。”大幅度修订适应体育事业新的时代背景和现实需要自1995年体育法颁布以来的二十多年间，中国体育事业迅速发展，全民健身、竞技体育、青少年体育、体育产业、体育文化和体育对外交往等各领域都取得了长足进步，同时，体育事业面临的时代背景和现实需要也发生了较大变化。本次体育法修订，将“社会体育”的章名修改为“全民健身”，把国家实施全民健身战略写入法律；将“学校体育”的章名修改为“青少年和学校体育”，把青少年和学校体育置于优先发展的战略地位；“竞技体育”一章，突出运动员权利保护，精准施策、多措并举、全面发力；增加“体育产业”一章，促进体育产业提质扩容，发挥体育作为推动经济社会发展重要动力的作用；增加职业体育内容，促进和规范职业体育，完善职业体育发展体系。全民健身方面，苏州大学教授王家宏认为，此次修法将为全民健身事业改革注入强大动力，而且全民健身法治的完善将为构建更高水平的全民健身公共服务体系保驾护航。青少年体育方面，南京体育学院副校长李江表示，青少年健康是全民健康的基础，新修订的体育法贯彻落实“健康第一”的教育理念，为深化具有中国特色的体教融合发展，推动青少年文化学习和体育锻炼协调发展，促进青少年健康成长，起到法治的引领和保障作用。竞技体育方面，南京体育学院校长杨国庆介绍，新修订的体育法从体育竞赛管理、运动员权利保护、职业体育规范与促进等方面修改完善了竞技体育条款。体育产业方面，上海体育学院教授黄海燕说，新修订的体育法中体育产业的相关条文对发挥体育多元价值功能，推动体育产业高质量发展，加快建设体育强国具有重大意义。开启“依法治体”新篇章新修订的体育法增加了“反兴奋剂”一章，坚决维护体育运动的纯洁、健康和公平竞争；将“体育社会团体”的章名修改为“体育组织”，着重对单项体育协会的内部治理和行业自律做出规定；增加“体育仲裁”一章，明确国家建立体育仲裁制度，及时、公正解决体育纠纷；增加“监督管理”一章，统筹发展与安全，加强体育行业监督管理等。反兴奋剂方面，湘潭大学教授周青山认为，新修订的体育法进一步通过法律方式，强化反兴奋剂的系统思维，对兴奋剂的检查、反兴奋剂宣传教育和科学研究做了规定，进一步强化我国参与反兴奋剂国际合作的决心。体育组织方面，中国政法大学法学院教授袁钢表示，本次修订充分发挥了体育基本法对体育组织依法开展参与体育活动的引导作用，重点加强了体育行业自律、促进了单项体育协会的发展。

三 | 体育仲裁方面，福州大学法学院教授李智认为，修订后的体育法设立了“体育仲裁”一章，对仲裁机构设置、仲裁范围、裁决效力、仲裁程序衔接等内容进行了规范，从立法上确立了独立、专业的体育仲裁制度。监督管理方面，北京易和律师事务所主任闫丽彬表示，新修订的体育法新增第十章监督管理，科学、明确、细化监管体系，突出良法的明确性、可行性和实效预期。从职责定位、工作机制、履职程序和方式方法、执法保障、履职监督等方面，对体育监督管理工作进行了定位精准、逻辑清晰、高度凝练的规范，强化了高危险性体育项目和赛事、体育市场的监管力度和规则，对体育监督管理工作进行明确规范，从立法上进一步推动实现服务、监督、管理相统一。（新华社记者林德韧）