You want to run around, jump, and play children’s games with little balls?
Fine.
Just don’t ask me to pay for it.
I’ve always thought we should just have it in ONE place so everybody doesn’t have to build all the expensive venues. Maybe we should have it in GREECE! A great tourist spot & they could actually use an economic boost & some cash these days.
I have always felt that the Olympics should be held in the same city each time. For the summer games, there is only one logical choice: Athens; it would simplify the logistics considerably, as well as giving a much-needed shot in the arm to the Greek economy, such as it is. The winter games are harder; trying to think of where it would be most logical to set them up on a permanent basis. It would have to be somewhere that has the infrastructure, the correct weather, etc. You other Freepers have any ideas?
Too much politics. The Olympics are a waste of time and money. JMO.
Divvy up the events in different venues.
The guy with the gold medal is the one with the best illegal PEDs in his system. As soon as they started paying people to do it, it became corrupt.
It’s time to end the Olympics.
The guy with the gold medal is the one with the best illegal PEDs in his system. As soon as they started paying people to do it, it became corrupt.
It’s time to end the Olympics.
Build a permanent installation in one city and just have it there every Olympics.
To me, a place like Switzerland would make the most sense.
Couldn’t agree more.
I remember when I could not WAIT for the Olympics, Summer or Winter, and watched every minute of it I could get my hands on. Now? I don’t think I’ve watched the last 2 or 3 at all.
Give me the Women’s World Cup. That was amazing and had that real team, fight for America, feel to it.
The Olympics can die off for all I care. And I am quite shocked I feel that way.
I’m pretty sure that folks like Jenner are going to kill the Olympics anyway. There can’t be fair competitions when athletes get to decide what gender they are.
Why not run an Olympics with the INFRASTRUCTURE you all ready have?
Who cares if the Croatia v Bolivia Woman’s Basketball match up is in a HIGH SCHOOL GYM?
The problem is the Olympic demands for the venue designs! They REQUIRE a stadium big enough to handle X-number of spectators (whether they sell that many tickets doesn’t matter), has to be within a certain distance to the venue and/or training facilities, x-number of housing MUST be within a single area for the athletes, if over a certain distance - traffic has to be diverted to allow Olympic traffic as priority, etc..., etc..., etc...! It really IS a nightmare!
I was on a subcommittee when Arlington, Texas was entertaining the idea of bidding for the Summer Olympics. The requirements are ALMOST insurmountable, and the cost of the “wavers” (i.e., BRIBES, KICKBACKS, ETC...) is WORSE! But that is what is MOST OFTEN PAID - the bribes!
Maybe if we crawl out of the rubble, we can think about a new set of Games. Call them the Armageddons or something.
Things were a lot simpler then.
I agree with those who say one location: Athens (I have felt that for many years)
But then recall the 1984 Olympics. LA did not go broke, they used (reused) existing facilities and the event was spectacular.
Summer should be in one place because it costs too much.
Winter is far easier to put on and there are many places that are built to host it, and it actually helps their tourism in the long run.
Bet the Olympics bureaucrats aren’t broke.
It didn’t do Atlanta much good.
The real solution is just have a permanent Olympics site and that should be Athens. Great climate and the original place of the Olympics.
Would be great for them as they can plan these events and the tourism industry would help them financially.
Trump could turn it into a money maker although sports excellence doesn’t equate to political strength anymore....probably because it is un PC.
Wimpification of the world.
After the Cold War ended so to did my interest in the Olympics.