While athletes might spend a lifetime becoming the best in the sport, some decide to use their notoriety to express their opinion on political and social matters. Athletes often become symbols of their communities and countries therefore governments and political entities often try to capitalize and interject in international diplomatic issues. On this episode of 360 View, Scottie Nell Hughes speaks with Olusola Ogunnubi PhD, a Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Carleton University, about the politicization of athletes and the increasing power they have on global relations.