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acmespaceship) wrote2009-10-02 10:52 am
acmespaceship) wrote2009-10-02 10:52 am
What I told the Tribune
Just posted to the Trib regarding Chicago's Olympic bid losing in the first round of voting:
"If the IOC is going to continue rejecting privately-financed bids and insisting that governments put up full public financing for the games, then we have to seriously consider whether the U.S. will ever again host the Olympics. It's a world-wide movement: but only if you conform to the prevailing European economic model. After a few decades, we'll see how much money U.S. television networks are willing to keep paying for an event that shuts out the U.S."
Discuss.
"If the IOC is going to continue rejecting privately-financed bids and insisting that governments put up full public financing for the games, then we have to seriously consider whether the U.S. will ever again host the Olympics. It's a world-wide movement: but only if you conform to the prevailing European economic model. After a few decades, we'll see how much money U.S. television networks are willing to keep paying for an event that shuts out the U.S."
Discuss.