Rio has arguably the most beautiful natural setting for a city in the world
This is supposed to be a nice unifying fun thing. And yeah , ideally it helps the economy of countries that couldn't just easily host this, like the US.
Well...not always. Salt Lake City's 2002 Olympics were very profitable. Made about $100 M in profit, of which 72 M was set aside as an endowment to maintain facilities which continues today.
I can't blame anyone who doesn't attend due to Zika fears.
I did say ideally.
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If I were a female athlete who wanted to become pregnant, and/or a male athlete who was planning on having kids in the next 2-3 years, it would absolutely make a difference as to whether or not I participated.Why though? What is there to truly be afraid of? From what I can understand, the only thing out of the norm scary of Zika from any other virus / cold we're used to is the name...
Why though? What is there to truly be afraid of? From what I can understand, the only thing out of the norm scary of Zika from any other virus / cold we're used to is the name...
Hey, gump. Point well taken. Many apologies for my "bring on the shitshow" post of schadenfreude. I do hope they go well for all involved.
That being said, I will be out there in the streets fighting against the mere idea if Seattle ever gets on the roster to host the games.
As Mitt Romney reminded us so many times in his presidential run.
The clincher really is whether you have pre-existing facilities that have a viable future after the games. But then even in 2012 London the games were a net loss. The best example of Olympics going awry is Greece in the early 2000s: borrowed enormous amounts of money and imported enormous amounts of materials, only to allow the stadiums promptly to fall into disrepair.
This is a good concise article on the economic dilemma:
Just say no | The Economist
Why is that?
also, i'm fine with the Russia ban. fuck Putin.
I'm fine with the idea of banning a participating nation as a result of doping, the thing I absolutely don't have confidence in is that these same standards would be applied to say, hypothetically, a major western nation. It's too easy to do this to Russia given their standing among the west.