Originally Posted by
mikeg19
Don't mind the Olympics, not a huge fan but I'll occasionally watch, more so Winter than Summer. But regardless of preference of sport, the major issue with the Olympics [[or World Cup Futbol) for that matter is the system of procuring an Olympic host site. FIFA/IOC corruption and insane requirements to host these games/tournaments have pushed the price tag into the tens of billions. Never mind the figures floated by the host country, those are almost always lowballed and the actual costs are typically much higher. Hosting an Olympics used to be an honor, a certainty to highlight your nation/city on the world map and stamp it as a great place to visit/invest $$$. Now the IOC are pushing host countries into billions in debt [[Hello Greece?), forcing them to build monumental new stadiums/hotels/infrastructure that NEVER lives up to their long term sustainability as a post game venue that is sold to the public [[Chris Illitch can probably get a Detroit Olympics based on that logic). The city looks great for 2 weeks and then the bomb goes off; hulking structures left to rot, too big to employ for further uses or draw teams to relocate, to expensive to demolish [[Looking at you Rio).
Lets be real, the only real way to move forward is 1 of 2 scenarios:
A) The IOC reduces their absurd requirements to host the Games, enticing more cities to use existing structures rather then building new, renovating those structures and improving local transit that will have long last impact on the local communities.
or
B) Have 2 permanent locations for the competitions, 1 Summer, 1 Winter, with the IOC & competing nations financing the permanent venues. If you want to change it up, maybe have 2 locations for each that rotate every other Olympic.
Rant done.