To: C19fan
What killed the Olympics?
1) Alternating the Summer and Winter Olympics in different years.
2) Allowing professional athletes to compete.
3) End of the Cold War.
To: Cowboy Bob
4. The corruption bribery process set up by the IOC.
4 posted on
11/16/2017 11:29:44 AM PST by
morphing libertarian
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To: Cowboy Bob
Allowing professional athletes to competeThat's the biggest reason, IMHO.
6 posted on
11/16/2017 11:31:48 AM PST by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
To: Cowboy Bob
How about the addition of new “sporting events” that really shouldn’t be in the Olympics?
13 posted on
11/16/2017 11:46:45 AM PST by
CatOwner
To: Cowboy Bob
None of those things. What killed the Olympics was adding every fringe sport imaginable and TV networks doing a terrible job of coverage.
18 posted on
11/16/2017 12:10:11 PM PST by
discostu
(Things are in their place, The heavens are secure, The whole thing explodes in my face)
To: Cowboy Bob
1) Alternating the Summer and Winter Olympics in different years. 2) Allowing professional athletes to compete. 3) End of the Cold War.
I would add to that the ongoing escalation of the size and extravagance of the spectacle. The 1968 Olympics did not bankrupt a much poorer Mexico. Now everything is bigger ... more, more, more. Higher prices, fun for the international jet set, and able to bankrupt less wealthy/powerful cities leaving behind only the pockmarks of abandoned arenas used for a few weeks.
19 posted on
11/16/2017 12:49:01 PM PST by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Cowboy Bob
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