Topic: The Olympics is a disaster - page 2. (Read 356 times)

Even though there is no specators or not much of them still their online streaming rights is going to make enough money for the economy and also people may want it since they lack entertainment and various restrictions due to covid 19. Save yourselves from others and don't worry even if you're infected its just another virus which has very less mortality rate even now.

the United States sent 613 athletes to the Olympics, did all of those athletes disrespected the flag? blindly hating on someone or a group of people because some of them disrespected the US flag is just plain stupid.

Yeah I do agree skateboarding, surfing was fun to watch but a bit underwhelming compared to X games or other international competitions.  But this isnt about sports, or how people worked hard for 5 years (its just sports after all to be honest) its about the SRAS-2 Virus which causes the covid-19 disease.

We now have 2848 new cases in Tokyo alone, just for today, sharp increase.  3000 Hospitalized.
153 total Cases related to athletes or Olympic personnel

Still a bit worrying

I suppose the issue is that it's planned so far in advance. Almost all of the vast amount of money involved in hosting the games is spent well in advance of the event itself. This being the case, there is little to lose financially with going ahead rather than cancelling at the last minute. Economically there is nothing to lose now.

The big issue obviously is the virus, and the low vaccination rate in Japan. Hopefully it won't make the situation any worse.

The tokyo olympics were postponed by a year due to the corona epidemic leaders of many countries have decided not to travel to japan as the corona infection has not yet been brought under control the only exception to this list is french president emmanuel macho. The is coming to japan as the president of france the host country of the olympics china has said that president Xi Jinping will not attend the tokyo olympics because the coronavirus infection in japan is not under control.

It is a ridiculous decision to hold the Olympic Games at a time when the epidemic is so severe. This is irresponsible for life. And it seriously violates the spirit of Olympic sports.

I wouldn't watch a single second of the Olympics when our LOSER athletes disrespect the flag of our country for the lousy terrorist organization blm. Fuck the olympics,NBA,NFL. I wouldnt support these commie bstards.

I haven't even seen any of the Olympics this year.  Perhaps the time difference is a bit more than I'm used to, but I'm not even seeing highlights on my favorite sporting shows.  Other than a few clips on Twitter, I wouldn't know the Olympics is happening.  This seems to just be a continuation of a downward trend made worse by Covid.  I can't help but think at some point the Olympic games will be attacked for being something that separates humanity instead of unites us with the way things are going.  I'm honestly surprised that liberals haven't taken the stance that the entire Olympic games is racist and should be boycotted.

One problem that is reoccurring in this world is that our leaders in all spheres pretend that they have the interest of the people at hand. But when it is time for big decisions to be made, they chicken out. This is more pronounced when a financial loss is involved. Japanese economy needs to recoup some of the heavy investments made. IOC also needs to satisfy their corporate sponsors to be able to pocket the money they've been paid. It is really unfortunate.

athletes were quarantined pre-games and post-games
there is no "athlete aftergame party"
its back to the hotel room get swabbed for a few days before being allowed back on plane home

there is more chance of catching covid on the plane home than at the olympic stadium

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that said. companies like cocacola who always sell millions of bottles at previous olympics. are not going to be making millions of dollars this year
instead they are paying out millions to have their logo showing around the stadium so that they can get viewed by viewers watching games on TV. hoping that turns into added world wide general sells

japan is not getting any revenue from tickets..
japan is getting TV licencing fees/deals

japan is left with alot of japanese themed olympic merchandise stock
stock thats not been sold at concessions stands/kiosks at the stadium
this will all end up on ebay sold cheap as memorabilia.. of a tv show some watched and not of real life experience anyone felt. so sold cheap and not all sold

I haven't really followed it closely but it seems like a waste of money and unlikely to help Japan's economy. I mean all recent Olympic games have been wasteful but in this case they don't even have the benefit of tourism to offset the cost.

I'm not sure if the games will have much of an impact on COVID-19 spread. With no fans and with aggressive testing/quarantines for athletes they might be able to get away with it.

-Take lots of people from every single country on the planet and fly them all to a single location, where you know they will "mingle" (olympics is a big party for athletes)
-The WHO (who have lost a lot of credibility) supports the games because sanitary measures are followed, ignoring the fact that its a big melting pot of people
-No obligation on vaccination, many athletes are not vaccinated and do not want to be because it may impact training and performance
-Incorporate the Delta variant in there which transmits the virus 2-3x faster
-Knowing these are mostly young and very healthy people, they will not get sick much but they will still transmit the virus

How in the world does anyone think its a good idea ?  Everyone then returns to their country of origin and spreads the new variants everywhere.  Its like a big SARS convention (covid-19 is a SARS virus, can be very serious depending on mutations, see original SARS virus in Hong Kong and Toronto)

We all know the Olympic Committee loves to accept bribes (see previous scandals) and the Japan economy kinda needs it, but now you know why 80% of people in Tokyo dont want the olympics.

If there is a major development with Covid this autumn/winter, history books will point to the olympics as the dumbest thing humanity has done.  I'm also not for closing the world down, far from it, we should embrace technology and remote work - including Bitcoin and cryptocurrency - for payments and wages across the globe.

Also its fine to go on vacation, but really, all inclusive resorts and cruises ?  Thats also a dumb terrible idea.  People want to go back to "normal".  There is no normal to go back to.  There is only adaptation and mitigation.