Posted on 05/25/2017 6:40:19 AM PDT by C19fan
There were 27 world records set at the Rio Olympics last year – from swimming to weightlifting, archery to cycling. These were as thrilling as they were expected. “Citius, Altius, Fortius,” is the Olympic model after all – Latin for “Faster, Higher, Stronger.”
Now comes perhaps the most enduring world record of the Games: Just seven months after the torch was doused, the host country is already acknowledging the entire operation was a terrible, perhaps criminal idea. It has left them debt-ridden and without a clue what to do with already decaying facilities.
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There should be two permanent locations designated as OLYMPIC VILLAGES - one for the Summer Olympics and the other for the Winter Olympics.
Agreed.... it’s time.
Greece in the Summer,
?? for winter?
Bingo!
Another solution is to drop the entire program.
Well, by the time Los Angeles gets the Games, half the women’s teams will be males who have declared themselves to be women.
Safe spaces will be available with stuffed animals for the losers.
Flags of all countries may be displayed and waved except for the American flag.
And a three-hour security search will be necessary before entering a venue.
Dittoes to #2 & #3 ...
Greece for the Summer
Switzerland for the Winter (too cold for the koranimals)
Agreed.. Then it could be really nice.
> Why no city should bid to host the Olympics <
Don’t be silly. Just think of all the bribes the city politicians get! That more than balances out the pain the average taxpayer feels.
Since the Olympics are a celebration of *pagan* Western history, they probably won’t be abandoned as un-PC. It has long been proposed that they have a permanent home in their country of origin, Greece. Perhaps the Olympics could also restore traditional Greek athletic pederasty, with obligatory lesbianism to make the females equal.
American flag only acceptable if burning.
Also...mandatory in-public videotaped cavity searches.
It’s important to have the facilities almost all in place without having to build new stuff for the Games. That is where the debt piles up.
Salt Lake City 2002 had almost everything already in place, and only had to develop a few sites. As a result, the city and state turned a tidy profit. And once the Games were over, those venues continue to operate for public use.
Make a short list of Winter cities and Summer cities as permanent venues.
The alternative would be to have a permanent site. Say, Athens, home of the Olympics.
Ahhhhh, but the where will the IOC get all the kickback money from?
I totally agree, the summer Olympics should be held in the Sahara Desert and the winter Olympics in Antarctica.
“Well, by the time Los Angeles gets the Games, half the women’s teams will be males who have declared themselves to be women.”
What about the preferred gender pronoun games?
The same is true of Lake Placid NY.
The Olympic Village, Stadium and Facilities are still there from the 1980 Winter Olympics and doing great.
Though it’s doubtful they could host another one,
I like the idea but the Asian countries will balk at both being in Eurabia.
Stupid article
The Olympics have issues no doubt but the problem with the Rio Olympics is more Rio than the Olympics
Those of us who’ve lived there understand that
The most 3rd world venue in modern Olympic history
Rio is roughly half ungovernable
Beijing is second place for less developed nation venue but no crime as opposed to Rio which is just basically a sprawling New Orleans with mountains and better beaches and more mixed and less black
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