Of course they will cancel. The worldwide disruption is already too much to continue with the event.
Of course they will cancel. The worldwide disruption is already too much to continue with the event.
Are there some sanctions for such actions IOC can implement on them?
You mean IOC to force Canada NOC to participate?
AFAIK, leading individual athletes are also threatening to cancel their participation if the Games take place unchanged when the crisis still hasn't been subdued.
All kinds of pressure on IOC ...
Good news, they have postponed. ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...-postponed-dick-pound-coronavirus/2899848001/
Good news, they have postponed. I hate to say it is "good news" but I always felt bad for the athletes in 80 and 84 who did not get to participate due to politics.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...-postponed-dick-pound-coronavirus/2899848001/
Good news, they have postponed. I hate to say it is "good news" but I always felt bad for the athletes in 80 and 84 who did not get to participate due to politics.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...-postponed-dick-pound-coronavirus/2899848001/
Oh wow, I did not expect the IOC to do the right thing here.
I think we should strive to still have them but with no audience. The audience can be all of us at home.
Honestly, I think it would be good for the world to still have them in a safe (or at least safer) capacity. The world comes together for the Olympics, isn't that what we need right now?
I think it really could be good for alot of people's metal health right now. The world has to go on. The Olympics are months out. We should be looking at modification, not elimination.
You mean IOC to force Canada NOC to participate?
AFAIK, leading individual athletes are also threatening to cancel their participation if the Games take place unchanged when the crisis still hasn't been subdued.
All kinds of pressure on IOC ...
Evening news tonight. There is a four week window to move the Olys to next year, which after all is the only sane move.
I am sorry if this offends anyone but its the truth...the olys is so much more than 11,000 athletes going out there and competing.
Follow the money.
Over a million hotel nights. And those arent $59 a night rooms.
Lord knows how many meals. 10s of millions.
Broadcast rights.
Commerical advertising during the broadcasts.
Paying for Tara and Johnny.
Pretty soon you would be talking about real money.
The only sane decision is to put it off to next year...and if things ...bad things....are still happening...cancel it.