Posted on 01/31/2017 5:49:36 PM PST by SMGFan
The torch won’t be lit on the 2024 Olympics for 7½ years, but already there’s one name that looms over the whole affair. While Olympics observers debate whether President Trump helps or hurts Los Angeles’ efforts to host the Summer Games, Olympics insiders are wrestling with just how to handle the polarizing president. “They’re damned if they do, damned if they don’t,” said David Carter, the executive director of the Sports Business Institute at USC’s Marshall School of Business. “If, as usually is the case, you have the president among your highest ranking officials promoting the bid, it draws controversy. If he’s not included in the conversation and not a part of the push, people will point a finger and say ah-ha. It certainly puts the [United State Olympics Committee] in a tough spot.”
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As I already posted, with so much Olympic infrastructure in place the games SHOULD be a money maker in Los Angeles.
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