“…and Seippel, Dalen, Sandvik, and Solstad (2018) (see also Harvey, Horne, Safai, Darnell, & Courchesne-O'Neill, 2013) recently asked how sport is transformed into a contentious issue that eventually enters formal political processes. Based on a social movement perspective (Benford & Snow, 2000), they showed that one prerequisite for sport's politicization is actors be willing to engage in politics more overtly, that is, to "move from the balcony to the barricades" (Benford & Snow, 2000, p. 615).…”