Billy Graeff is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande in Brazil, teaching on the sociology of sports and Olympic studies. He is also a Research Fellow within the Centre for Sport Leadership at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and part of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA – Executive Board), the International Olympic Academy Participants Association (IOAPA), the Latin American Association of Sociocultural Studies of Sport (ALESDE) and the Brazilian College of Sports Sciences (CBCE).