[i_robot73]

- RE: amateurs. Concur. Even the non-NBA stars etc. are far from ‘natural athletes’ (funded to perform, just like the pros)

- Just like sports teams in any major city of the U.S. Taxpayers on the hook for private ventures.

IMO, we should get (MAYBE) the U.N. to vote on a few (2 Winter, 2 Summer) sites that all pay for (yeah, I know). Static sites for all to use...no need to spend OODLES of $$ for each NEW site/etc.

[Eleven Bravo 6 319thID]

The rich are richer and the poor are poorer. Nothing ever changes.

[ssaftler]

IMO, we should get (MAYBE) the U.N. to vote on a few (2 Winter, 2 Summer) sites that all pay for (yeah, I know).

Good idea, but I'd get the IOC to vote on and pay for the sites. Let them collect the revenues for use of the sites in the Olympics and future uses to underwrite the costs.

Heck, that group has to do SOMETHING!