The countdown continues for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.We are now 80 days away from the start of the opening ceremony. As we inch closer to the games, you may be hearing about "Rule 50."The rule prohibits demonstrations, along with political, religious and racial propaganda at the Olympics. That includes peaceful demonstrations on the podium.However, the rule has been the subject of heated debate over the last year.Steeplechase Olympian Collen Quigley is used to clearing hurdles. However, this past year, the Florida State alumnus began focusing on a different hurdle and joined Team USA's Council on racial and social justice.“I got a position on the committee that's working on protests and demonstrations. And basically, what my committee has been focusing on is something called Rule 50,” Quigley said.According to the Olympic Charter, Rule 50 states "no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas"That includes raising a fist, taking a knee, or wearing certain displays on the field of play or during medal presentations."It's a very interesting and highly controversial issue at the moment, something that the IOC has actually been looking at for quite some time,” former IOC executive John Siner said.“So we actually were successful at the U.S. level. The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has decided that it is now permissible for United States athletes at the Olympic trials and USA to have peaceful protests,” Quigley said. “That was a huge win for us. Now we are looking to do that at the Olympic level as well.”This past year, the IOC sent out a survey to athletes around the world with the following results: A majority at 70% said it is not appropriate to demonstrate on the field of play and at official ceremonies. While 67% said it was not appropriate on the podium.Just a couple weeks ago, the IOC decided Rule 50 will be upheld.“This finding actually has some backlash now amongst the greater athlete and human rights community to say, actually, this law is now antiquated and should be looked at further, because athletes should indeed have a platform to demonstrate some of the issues that they have,” Siner said.International organizations are already speaking out against Rule 50.The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport and the European elite athletes' body are among them.