Japan should cut losses and tell the IOC to take its Olympic pillage elsewhere

Re:Japan should cut losses and tell the IOC to take its Olym... by tanxt on Thursday May 06, 2021 @06:03AM (#27061089)

The only fair thing is to ask the participating athletes. If 80% want to go, proceed with the games. If necessary, without spectators.

We live in an abominable society where people who do the work are always asked last, and politicians, businessmen, and IOC functionaries decide.

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Re:Japan should cut losses and tell the IOC to take its Olym... by threatofrain on Thursday May 06, 2021 @06:12AM (#27061137)

The athletes aren't the only people who are betting big ($15B+) to make the Olympics work. You think the 80% vote of foreign athletes should govern how the nation of Japan proceeds with its loss?

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Re:Japan should cut losses and tell the IOC to take its Olym... by flpag on Thursday May 06, 2021 @06:25AM (#27061220)

Make their profits work? Olympics could he held anywhere in existing locations for a negligible cost.

What loss? Presumably the athletes want to go, so increase TV broadcast rights by x% and there is no loss. When everyone is at home, there will be record numbers of viewers.

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