Sir Craig Reedie, a former BOA chairman, distributed a briefing paper at a meeting of leaders from all the Olympic sports in early 2011 that urged Team GB bosses to live within their means.
President Donald Trump renewed the debate over these silent demonstrations in late September when he called the kneeling players "sons of bitches" and urged team owners to fire players who didn't stand during the anthem.
Even some national anthem performers are taking a knee in solidarity, as protests spread across the NFL after President Donald Trump on Friday called any player who did so a "son of a bitch" and urged team owners to fire them. .
So the panel urged teams filing patents to resolve differences quickly in the interest of protecting the health of the public.
In fairness there was no flow or rhythm to either team's performance and Benteke cut an increasingly frustrated figure as he urged team-mates to play the ball to his feet while struggling to read their intentions.
League officials have been urging teams to stop spending large amounts of money on one player, while players want the league to switch to a more flexible salary cap system, which would surely mean larger salaries.
There is a classic Ferguson pose: with the ball at his feet, arms outstretched, urging team-mates, who never seem to be quite as quick of mind as him, to make offensive runs.
The league also urged teams to install more flexible glass and boards to protect players who are checked into them, but it fell short of mandating immediate changes until the end of the calendar year.
And he is urging team-mates to think carefully before making any decision to move on.
Champions Red Bull, owned by Austrian energy drinks billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, have been targeted by online petitioners urging teams to boycott the race.
