The future of Olympics - are the Games doomed?

olympic observer... wrote:

is there any brand more recognizable than the rings??

My theory has been that humans are naturally envious and generally do not like to watch people who are better than them. Every year it gets worse and worse. Just look at the message boards. A lot of people attack anyone who is better than them as opposed to congratulating them on their accomplishments. There was once a time we respected people with natural talents. Now we tear them down. Eventually nobody will care to watch the Olympics outside of immediate family because everyone else will not want to be reminded of their shortcomings.

I have no idea what will happen in the future, but it is clear that the "Olympic movement" has large issues right now.

It costs way too much to host the games. Nations and cities don't want to do it. At least those with taxpayers don't want to do it.

There is way too much corruption. This has been a long term problem but it seems that there is renewed attention to it. While they pretended it had been cleaned up. Not helped by FIFA and IAAF scandals showing how corruption sport in general has been.

I don't think the spectacle of the Olympics is in trouble so much. There are still a lot of great events and stories to watch if they can keep the stink of 1. and 2. from overwhelming that part.

It's why they are likely to going to award both of the next two games at the same time.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-olympics2024-20170317-story.html#

yes, if the IOC is able to negotiate that, the Games are likely to be safe until 2028. However it will be tough to convince either LA or Paris to give up 2024.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

It's why they are likely to going to award both of the next two games at the same time.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-olympics2024-20170317-story.html#

I hope there are major changes.

The phenomenal corruption levels and increased transparency via social media have turned the bidding process into pure poison. Any public official who proposes hosting the OG in a more or less democratic nation in this climate will be terminated at the ballot box and everyone knows it. Rightly so.

The opprobrium does not apply to the OG themselves. There is still something noble in the Coubertin concept even though he himself was a fascist fVck. But it needs radical rehabilitation via radical transparency to expose and excise the rotting core. It will need a sacrificial leader to stand on a total swamp-draining platform and then serve one term to restructure and introduce full openness. The institution cannot reform from within, it has become far too corrupt and it selects for corrupt intent.

You know it's bad when political representatives and O Champs like Pietro Mennea declined to support their own historic city's olympic bid proposal.

Why do you not think that if the IOC goes to one and says you did not get 2024, but we will give you 2028 that the committee will say no.

It means that all that time and money was not wasted.

I would love to see LA host in 2024 since it will have been almost 30 years since the summer games were in the US by that time. Being in the US is good for the IOC financially--look where the sponsorship money comes from.

luv2run wrote:

Why do you not think that if the IOC goes to one and says you did not get 2024, but we will give you 2028 that the committee will say no.

It means that all that time and money was not wasted.

I would love to see LA host in 2024 since it will have been almost 30 years since the summer games were in the US by that time. Being in the US is good for the IOC financially--look where the sponsorship money comes from.

a lot of sponsors come from the US but most are from abroad, look at asians like Alibaba, Panasonic, Toyota, Samsung, Bridgestone, and then you have Europeans like Atos and Omega, the IOC is well covered.

i don't see Paris accepting 2028. Well nobody sees actually. The thing is that LA bid looks way better and funded by the private sector, with little government involvement, and that's exactly what Olympics need.