southsider2k5 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics...s-idUSKCN0Y3074 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 So it was an olympic bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabiness42 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 It would be faster to list the World Cup and Olympic bids that didn't involve bribes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 its funny how all of these countries want to host an event that is basically a black hole that money disappears into, never to be recovered by that country. And in order to create this large economic black hole, they pay people a lot of money in bribes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 12, 2016 -> 02:10 PM) its funny how all of these countries want to host an event that is basically a black hole that money disappears into, never to be recovered by that country. And in order to create this large economic black hole, they pay people a lot of money in bribes Yeah. I can see the sea change coming, but the IFC is going to have to cut down on their ridiculous demands for new everything, and I imagine we'll just have another 20 years of these prestige authoritarian countries dominating (Russia/China/Qatar/etc). Boston pulling out was a good sign. London will never want to do it again. We'll see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 QUOTE (bmags @ May 12, 2016 -> 02:13 PM) Yeah. I can see the sea change coming, but the IFC is going to have to cut down on their ridiculous demands for new everything, and I imagine we'll just have another 20 years of these prestige authoritarian countries dominating (Russia/China/Qatar/etc). Boston pulling out was a good sign. London will never want to do it again. We'll see what happens. This Rio thing is gonna be a litmus test imo. The water quality, the zika virus, the apartments that they werent planning on putting AC in, it seems like its gonna be bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Of all the countries involved, Japan would be the least likely on the list, lol. That's probably why they got caught, it's not as ingrained in their system like Russia, Qatar, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 12, 2016 -> 03:06 PM) Of all the countries involved, Japan would be the least likely on the list, lol. That's probably why they got caught, it's not as ingrained in their system like Russia, Qatar, etc. Right, with a free media more likely to catch this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananarchy Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 12, 2016 -> 02:15 PM) This Rio thing is gonna be a litmus test imo. The water quality, the zika virus, the apartments that they werent planning on putting AC in, it seems like its gonna be bad. Agreed. Sochi was just the beginning. Rio could be a disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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