[jessupjonesjnr87]

The Russians have been running a state sponsored doping cover up under the nose of WADA, it makes me wonder how America, China and team GB managed to do so well against the drug enhanced soviets in the last Olympics?


The Olympics has been rotten for some time now but it's getting beyond a joke. The scum who run it are as corrupt as they come, the nations who host it take funds from the public coffers and use it for an excuse to land grab from the people.

It no longer has anything to do with sport, it's just another money fest, the Jamaicans didn't even have to cover up dope tests, they just don't have the tests to start with.

I want it gone. It's just another case of the public being played for fools once again. Maybe bring it back in the future but in its current form it should be completely halted for a time and built back from the ground up if at all. I think it's time to put the torch out?

[Zionist Nationalist]

Olympics are boring. FIFA world cup is the thing.

[Political Interest]

Yes

The Olympics are held in the name of peace but have always happened in times of war. Interestingly enough one of the worst terrorist attacks in history happened at the Olympic games many decades ago.

I think we should postpone the Olypmics until a time when the world is far more peaceful.

[noemon]

The Olympics should be permanently moved to Greece and stay there in perpetuity. The modern Olympic Games were revived in Greece and paid for by Greek industrialists until some French guy took over the Association and decided to take them global.

Especially after the Zika virus in Rio, Greece should always be the contingency plan regardless.

[Soulflytribe]

The Olympics should be permanently moved to Greece and stay there in perpetuity. The modern Olympic Games were revived in Greece and paid for by Greek industrialists

Do Greeks even care about that?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/aug/13/abandoned-athens-olympic-2004-venues-10-years-on-in-pictures

It seems they don't.

It's almost like the 'olympic spirit' coming from the 'Gods' has died for once and for all there in 2004; the olympic committee, instead of using Greece as 'contingency plan', should be demanding explanations about what the hell happened with those venues!

[noemon]

What does the Olympic Commitee have to do with Greek property?

Did you recently receive this from a time-capsule in 2014?

These venues were abandoned because of what else other than a lack of demand, the Olympics coming back to their country of origin for ever will ensure demand and will put all these venues to good use.

[Soulflytribe]

What does the Olympic Commitee have to do with Greek property?

What happened with that word repeated so often by the IOC: legacy.

These venues were abandoned because of what else other than a lack of demand, the Olympics coming back to their country of origin for ever will ensure demand and will put all these venues to good use.

There's no lack of demand for any venue, people will use what you give them. This is serious mismanagement and distrust for private investors, aka, socialism. In comparison, the Olympic Park in Rio will have hotels, restaurants, arenas sold and even a casino. No lack of demand when you do that.

[noemon]

You are not making any sense about legacy, these venues belong to the Greek state, not the IOC.

There is clearly a lack of demand for these venues as noone is willing to buy them for years and local authorities cannot drive enough athletes to use them either, so they have gone decrepit.

The Olympics coming back to their birth-place will create the necessary demand to drive athletes and investors to those venues and more.

[Political Interest]

The Olympics coming back to their birth-place will create the necessary demand to drive athletes and investors to those venues and more.

This is another point. Why are these Greek games not held in Greece?

[noemon]

In the spirit of globalisation and investment in other countries. The Olympics attract considerable foreign investment.

[Nonsense]

Olympics are boring. FIFA world cup is the thing.

I prefer watching womens football,it's far more pleasurable watching these young ladies work themselves into peak fitness than watching overpaid & underperforming men playing the game.

[Zionist Nationalist]

I prefer watching womens football,it's far more pleasurable watching these young ladies work themselves into peak fitness than watching overpaid & underperforming men playing the game.

The problem with woman playing football is that most of them look like man

[Philby]

No of course not. Sport will win at the end.

[Nonsense]

When did you last visit Specsavers?

I watched the young ladies play tonight,"look like men", YOU must be joking of course.

Try watching them play,I would rather pay to watch women play than I would to watch men play the game.

[Rugoz]

[Godstud]

No. The Olympics is going to last as long as sports lasts.

The problem with woman playing football is that most of them look like man

Are you kidding?? Do you prefer fat, overweight women, to strong, fit women, perchance? It's not a fucking fashion show!





Maybe you prefer Lingerie league football Zionist...

[Igor Antunov]

Take them back to Greece. Everybody chips in, Greeks run summer Olympics every year.

[AFAIK]

I agree with the OP. Furthermore I support attempts to disrupt the olympic flame's parade through the streets. If the taxpayer who is funding the event cannot display olympic rings or other intellectual property associated with the event then the IOC should be excluded from using tax payer funded infrastructure like roads, railways, airports and sporting venues.

[Istanbuller]

China is corrupt as much as Russia is. A fair sports event is possible if you keep those Russian and Chinese state sponsored drug mafias out of this sports organization.

Chinese are cheating and none of their medals worth in my eyes.

[Thunderhawk]

The Olympics is about cash -making money for your city- and prestige.

Making a financial argument to host the Olympics is difficult. Part of the bid to get the Olympics is proving your city has the facilities -or can build it- and ability to host the visitors. The sports facilities have minimum seat and size requirements. The competition space is large, but it can be used. The seat capacity is unlikely to ever to be met domestically unless its a multi-use venue or has a major sports team to use it. And there needs to be multiple facilities for the Olympics, leaving a legacy of high end and high cost facilities that usually far exceed domestic need. So, who can host on the cheap? Probably LARGE cities or metropolitan areas that already have many Olympic level facilities and are using those facilities, having a purpose for them after words (rather then an eye-sore) which makes their maintenance and upgrade for the Olympics a lessoned cost. Metropolitan areas have a problem though, as only a single city competes for the bid even if some venues are held outside the city. Fifa world cup is often hosted in multiple cities, some times multiple countries, so its obviously possible. Unless the rules and requirements for hosting change, then the financial arguments will always be a poor one.


The Olympics is top tier for athletes and is prestigious because of it. It is a show piece for a city/country. If the venues appears cheap then the Olympics will loose prestige (and with it will leave financial support for athletes, especially those in sports that are not popular). If it tolerates doping too much, then the awards and recognition becomes dubious and it looses interest of those who want competition rather than theatre. The Olympics must maintain an image of a premiere athletic event, and that means tackling doping to maintain the credibility of the sport and having facilities which are excellent.

I think the Olympics will have a hard time finding cities to host - cities that can afford to host on their own don't need the prestige, they are already large cities. That leaves oil states and dictatorships who want a show piece at any cost, and mid level cities who are supported by their country. After Rio, I think the latter group will become fewer. I dont think the Olympics are over or on their last leg, but I think these kinds of Olympics -high cost, glamourous and anywhere- are coming to an end.